Gender balance on public boards in Scotland

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Dear Disclosure Scotland,

This is a Freedom of Information Request.

In November 2015 The First Minister made a commitment to work towards gender balance on all public boards in Scotland.

Please could you supply me with the following information?

1. At November 12 2015, how many men and and how many women were on the board of your organisation?
2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or a woman?
3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your organisation?
4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or a woman?
5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving gender balance? If so please supply a copy of the document where the policy is laid out. Please also confirm the date that this policy was adopted.
6. What is the current median FTE pay for men and women in the organisation?

Please do not send the requested information in pdf format files. I would prefer to receive the requested information by email in a machine readable format such as MS Excel.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Ally Tibbitt

Disclosure Scotland

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Disclosure Scotland

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)

 

Dear Mr Tibbitt

 

Thank you for your request dated 19^th January 2018 under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

 

Your request

 

You stated that in November 2015 the First Minister made a commitment to
work towards gender balance on all public boards in Scotland and asked
Disclosure Scotland to supply you with information on the following:

 

1. At November 12 2015, how many men and how many women were on the board
of your organisation?

 

2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent
role) a man or a woman?

 

3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your
organisation?

 

4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or
a woman?

 

5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving
gender balance? If so please supply a copy of the document where the
policy is laid out. Please also confirm the date that this policy was
adopted.

 

6. What is the current median FTE pay for men and women in the
organisation?

 

Response to your request

 

The answers to your questions are as follows:

 

1. At November 12 2015, how many men and how many women were on the board
of your organisation?

 

      At 12 November 2015 Disclosure Scotland’s Board comprised of seven
men and three women.

 

2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent
role) a man or a woman?

 

      At 12 November 2015 the Chairperson was a man.

 

3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your
organisation?

 

      Currently Disclosure Scotland’s Board comprises of five men and four
women.

 

4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or
a woman?

 

      The current Chairperson is a woman.

 

5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving
gender balance? If so please supply a copy of the document where the
policy is laid out. Please also confirm the date that this policy was
adopted.

 

      As an executive agency, Disclosure Scotland is covered by
[1]Scottish Government’s policy to achieving gender balance.

 

6. What is the current median FTE pay for men and women in the
organisation?

 

Based on the December 2017 payroll the median pay for men and women is as
follows:

 

·         Median for men - £29,862.24

·         Median for women - £25,771.32

 

The figures for average/median salary refer only to permanent staff
employed by Scottish Government.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Alan Eastwood

Director of Corporate Services

Disclosure Scotland

 

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