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FOI - Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

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Dear Highlands and Islands Enterprise,

I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please can your organisation provide in Excel CSV format, the following information:

a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “EDI officers” or “diversity and inclusion project managers” but would not include general HR managers.

b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.

c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course).

d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity.

e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance).

f) The costs of attending these conferences.

g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.

Please can this information be returned to me, via email, ([email address]) within 20 working days.

The most desirable csv layout would be the letter (a-g) in column A and then the information you hold in column B. If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Bates

([Personally Identifiable Information removed])

Team - Customer Service, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Dear Mr Bates,

Thank you for your latest request e-mail dated 12 September 2022, received by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Your email has been treated as a request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We will respond to your information requests requesting a copy of the successful tender as soon as possible and in any event within 20 working days from the date the enquiry was received.

Your request is also subject to any clarification which may be requested by HIE.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch at;

[HIE request email]

Kind regards,

HIE Customer Service Team

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Team - Customer Service, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

(Amended acknowledgment).

Dear Mr Bates,

Thank you for your latest request e-mail dated 12 September 2022, received by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Your email has been treated as a request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We will respond to your information request as soon as possible and in any event within 20 working days from the date the enquiry was received.

Your request is also subject to any clarification which may be requested by HIE.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch at;

[HIE request email]

Kind regards,

HIE Customer Service Team

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Craig Lawrence, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Dear Mr Bates,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) on 14 September 2022.

Your request has been treated and acknowledged as a request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

Your request has been responded to as below;

a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) "EDI officers" or "diversity and inclusion project managers" but would not include general HR managers.

We currently have no (0) dedicated ED&I roles.

b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.

N/A as no-one in such post, see previous answer.

c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course).

This question is too specific for data return. We have run several staff awareness sessions/induction training over the past 12 months, but these were not exclusively dedicated to equality programmes, therefore we can provide an indicative estimate of 5.8 staff days.

d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity.

We have not hired any external consultants in the past twelve months to provide external training/advice on ED&I topics, therefore no costs are recorded.

e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance).

0 days.

f) The costs of attending these conferences.

£0

g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.

£0

If you are unhappy with this response to your request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review by contacting us. Your request for review should explain why you are dissatisfied and should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this response. The review will be undertaken by staff not involved in the original process and we will reply within 20 working days of receipt.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC) and thereafter to the Court of Session on a point of law only. The SIC can be contacted using the details below:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info
or for online appeals:
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Kind regards,

HIE Customer Service Team

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