FOI - Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

Dear Rob Bates

Thank you for your request for information with regards to expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity, which we received on the 12th of September 2022.

The information that you have requested is detailed 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.
Role FTE
Equalities Co-ordinator 1
Corporate Equalities Officer* 0.6
Equalities and Welsh Language Officer 1
*This post is almost exclusively dedicated to local Trades Union duties due to the current postholder's position with that Union

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.
Role Salary Range
Equalities Co-ordinator Between £26,446 - £39,571
Corporate Equalities Officer Between £26,446 - £39,571
Equalities and Welsh Language Officer Between £26,446 - £39,571

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).
No training has been commissioned centrally, but that information doesn't include all departments/schools where the training may have been commissioned independently

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.
N/A

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).
No training has been commissioned centrally, but that information doesn't include all departments where the training may have been commissioned independently

f) The costs of attending these conferences.
N/A

g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.
£7,345.00

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: The Monitoring Officer, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
Second Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399
[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer
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