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Council staff, training and procurement: Equality, diversity, and inclusivity

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Rupert Lowe
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Dear Angus Council,

I wish to make a freedom of information request and would be grateful if you could provide me, within twenty working days, the following information:

1) The number of roles in your council (expressed in numbers of full-time employees (FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer” (EDI) or “Diversity and Inclusion Project Managers”.

For all roles meeting this description, please also provide, in order of preference, either a) the salary of these roles, b) the pay band of these roles, or c) the combined total salary of these roles. Please provide the information that is most in accordance with your data processing practices.

Please also advise if the council has any plans to hire further staff in these areas within the next 18 months, and the roles/pay bands that they are likely to occupy.

2) Please provide the number of internal training courses attended by staff which pertain to the issues encompassed by equality, diversity or inclusivity. Please include the name of the courses, the number of attendees, and the duration of the course.

3) Please, if possible, provide details of any internal EDI practices and networks, including the number of individuals who are members of such networks.

4) Please provide details of any external contractors brought in by the council to conduct training, advice, or guidance on issues relating to EDI. Where applicable this should include costs and associated manhours.

5) Please provide details of how equality, diversity and inclusivity is included in your procurement practices, the relative weight afforded to these considerations, and the current value of contracts in which EDI considerations was a part of the procurement process.

Complying with all 5 questions should not exceed the statutory cost limit, but should you deem that it does, please then proceed with the request excluding those components that would result in the threshold being crossed. At the absolute minimum, parts 1 - 4 should be answered.

Yours faithfully,

Rupert Lowe

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Reference: FOI-689661088
Date of request: 21/02/2025
Title of request: Council staff, training and procurement: Equality,
diversity, and inclusivity

Dear Rupert Lowe,

Thank you for submitting your FOI Request. We confirm receipt of your
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Reference: FOI-689661088
Date of request: 19/02/2025
Title of request: Council staff, training and procurement: Equality,
diversity, and inclusivity

Dear Rupert Lowe,

Thank you for your information request dated 19 February 2025 (received by
the Council on that same day).

In order to enable me to respond to your request I would appreciate if you
could please confirm the time period you are seeking the information for.

Once I have received clarification from you the Council will be pleased to
respond to your request within 20 working days at the latest.

In the meantime, if you have any queries please email
[1][Angus Council request email]. 

Yours sincerely
Brenda Angus 
FOI Assistant

Please respond via email to [Angus Council request email] before
28/04/2025 14:05.

 

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Reference: FOI-689661088
Date of request: 19/02/2025
Title of request: Council staff, training and procurement: Equality,
diversity, and inclusivity

Dear Rupert Lowe,

This case has now been closed for one of the following reasons:

• a review has been requested,
• Angus Council have failed to respond within the timescale,
• you have requested it to be withdrawn, or
• clarification has not been received.

Yours sincerely

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may be unlawful.

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