Information about your dealings with Stonewall [Extraneous material removed]
Dear Health Education England,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following descriptions:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,” including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be entitled to withhold it). 4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
Yours faithfully,
Linda Byrne
Dear Linda Byrne,
Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email.
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information to Health Education
England which we received on 06/02/2021.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that
came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to respond to your
request within 20 working days.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than
05/03/2021.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Public & Parliamentary Accountability
Health Education England
Blenheim House | Duncombe Street | Leeds | LS1 4PL
Stay up to date by following HEE on [1]Facebook and [2]Twitter.
From: Linda Byrne <[FOI #724873 email]>
Sent: 06 February 2021 14:51
To: FOIA <[HEE request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information about your dealings
with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall
Dear Health Education England,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please
provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following
descriptions:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it). 4. Full details of any equality impact
assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications
(including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier
application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.
Yours faithfully,
Linda Byrne
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Dear Linda Byrne
We refer to your email requesting information relating to Health Education
England’s (HEE) work with stonewall.
HEE can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested.
You can find documentation relevant to your request at the following link:
[1]Folder icon [2]FOI 1205
I should advise you that some of the information in the documentation
provided has been redacted, as it is exempt under section 40(2) of the
FOIA.
Under section 40(2) of the FOIA, third party personal data (personal
information of another person) is exempt from disclosure if releasing
would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act (DPA)
2018. Such information would not be released under the FOIA unless there
is a strong public interest.
Some of the personal information withheld is classed as special category
data. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) define special
category data as personal data that needs more protection because it is
sensitive.
The GDPR defines special category data as:
· personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin;
· personal data revealing political opinions;
· personal data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs;
· personal data revealing trade union membership;
· genetic data;
· biometric data (where used for identification purposes);
· data concerning health;
· data concerning a person’s sex life; and
· data concerning a person’s sexual orientation.
All persons whose personal data is processed by HEE, regardless of whether
they be staff, trainees or members of the public, have an intrinsic right
to privacy and these rights are protected by virtue of the DPA. Release of
the information subject to the exemption is likely to compromise those
rights. Individuals, trainees and members of staff can expect HEE to
secure their personal information and only process their personal
information in line with the principles contained within the DPA.
I have addressed each of your questions in turn:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.
HEE’s Stonewall submission for 2019 is available via the above link. HEE
do not hold an application in 2020 – no application was made as the Index
was closed for submission in 2020 due to Covid-19.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.
HEE’s Stonewall feedback report for HEE’s 2019 submission is available via
the above link. HEE do not hold this information for 2020 – no submission
was made due to Covid-19.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).
Consultancy meeting correspondence with Stonewall as part of preparation
for our 2021 submission is available via the link above.
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).
HEE do not hold this information. No Equality Impact Assessments have been
completed for submissions to the Workplace Equality Index or renewing
membership of the Diversity Champions scheme.
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
2019 Membership = £3000
2019 Stonewall workplace conference = £1,750 (£350 per delegate / budget
for x5 / April 2019 event)
2019 Total: £4,750
2020 Membership = £3000
2020 Stonewall workplace conference = £669.60
2020 Total: £3669.60
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.
HEE is committed to remaining a member of the Stonewall
Diversity Champions Programme and will be submitting to the Workplace
Equality Index in 2021.
We hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the
way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our
decision by writing to:
Mr Lee Whitehead
Director of People and Communications
C/O PPA Team
Health Education England
Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may
complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Kind Regards,
Helen Rattray
Public and Parliamentary Accountability Manager
Health Education England
Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
T. 0113 2952054
E. [3][email address]
W. [4]www.hee.nhs.uk
HEE is part of the NHS, and we work with partners to plan, recruit,
educate and train the health workforce
[5]Hands, face, space graphic
From: FOIA <[HEE request email]>
Sent: 08 February 2021 09:30
To: 'Linda Byrne' <[FOI #724873 email]>
Subject: FOI 1205 - Acknowledgement To Requester
Dear Linda Byrne,
Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email.
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information to Health Education
England which we received on 06/02/2021.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that
came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to respond to your
request within 20 working days.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than
05/03/2021.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Public & Parliamentary Accountability
Health Education England
Blenheim House | Duncombe Street | Leeds | LS1 4PL
Stay up to date by following HEE on [6]Facebook and [7]Twitter.
From: Linda Byrne <[8][FOI #724873 email]>
Sent: 06 February 2021 14:51
To: FOIA <[9][HEE request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information about your dealings
with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall
Dear Health Education England,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please
provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following
descriptions:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it). 4. Full details of any equality impact
assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications
(including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier
application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.
Yours faithfully,
Linda Byrne
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[10][FOI #724873 email]
Is [11][HEE request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
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Dear Linda Byrne,
We refer to your email requesting information relating to Health Education
England’s (HEE) work with Stonewall.
In the response that was sent to you on 05/03/2021, we have since become
aware that the link to the requested documentation is not working
correctly. Therefore, we have attached the requested documentation to this
response.
Our apologies for any inconvenience.
Kind regards,
Barry
Barry Coffey
Public and Parliamentary Accountability Support Officer
Corporate Accountability and Engagement Directorate
Health Education England
Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
Contact via MS Teams and Skype
0113 8871620
[1]www.hee.nhs.uk
HEE is part of the NHS, and we work with partners to plan, recruit,
educate and train the health workforce
From: FOIA <[HEE request email]>
Sent: 05 March 2021 17:15
To: FOIA <[HEE request email]>; [FOI #724873 email]
Subject: RE: FOI 1205 - Acknowledgement To Requester
Dear Linda Byrne
We refer to your email requesting information relating to Health Education
England’s (HEE) work with stonewall.
HEE can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested.
You can find documentation relevant to your request at the following link:
[2]Folder icon [3]FOI 1205
I should advise you that some of the information in the documentation
provided has been redacted, as it is exempt under section 40(2) of the
FOIA.
Under section 40(2) of the FOIA, third party personal data (personal
information of another person) is exempt from disclosure if releasing
would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act (DPA)
2018. Such information would not be released under the FOIA unless there
is a strong public interest.
Some of the personal information withheld is classed as special category
data. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) define special
category data as personal data that needs more protection because it is
sensitive.
The GDPR defines special category data as:
· personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin;
· personal data revealing political opinions;
· personal data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs;
· personal data revealing trade union membership;
· genetic data;
· biometric data (where used for identification purposes);
· data concerning health;
· data concerning a person’s sex life; and
· data concerning a person’s sexual orientation.
All persons whose personal data is processed by HEE, regardless of whether
they be staff, trainees or members of the public, have an intrinsic right
to privacy and these rights are protected by virtue of the DPA. Release of
the information subject to the exemption is likely to compromise those
rights. Individuals, trainees and members of staff can expect HEE to
secure their personal information and only process their personal
information in line with the principles contained within the DPA.
I have addressed each of your questions in turn:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.
HEE’s Stonewall submission for 2019 is available via the above link. HEE
do not hold an application in 2020 – no application was made as the Index
was closed for submission in 2020 due to Covid-19.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.
HEE’s Stonewall feedback report for HEE’s 2019 submission is available via
the above link. HEE do not hold this information for 2020 – no submission
was made due to Covid-19.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).
Consultancy meeting correspondence with Stonewall as part of preparation
for our 2021 submission is available via the link above.
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).
HEE do not hold this information. No Equality Impact Assessments have been
completed for submissions to the Workplace Equality Index or renewing
membership of the Diversity Champions scheme.
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
2019 Membership = £3000
2019 Stonewall workplace conference = £1,750 (£350 per delegate / budget
for x5 / April 2019 event)
2019 Total: £4,750
2020 Membership = £3000
2020 Stonewall workplace conference = £669.60
2020 Total: £3669.60
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.
HEE is committed to remaining a member of the Stonewall
Diversity Champions Programme and will be submitting to the Workplace
Equality Index in 2021.
We hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the
way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our
decision by writing to:
Mr Lee Whitehead
Director of People and Communications
C/O PPA Team
Health Education England
Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may
complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Kind Regards,
Helen Rattray
Public and Parliamentary Accountability Manager
Health Education England
Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
T. 0113 2952054
E. [4][email address]
W. [5]www.hee.nhs.uk
HEE is part of the NHS, and we work with partners to plan, recruit,
educate and train the health workforce
[6]Hands, face, space graphic
From: FOIA <[7][HEE request email]>
Sent: 08 February 2021 09:30
To: 'Linda Byrne' <[8][FOI #724873 email]>
Subject: FOI 1205 - Acknowledgement To Requester
Dear Linda Byrne,
Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email.
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information to Health Education
England which we received on 06/02/2021.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that
came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to respond to your
request within 20 working days.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than
05/03/2021.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Public & Parliamentary Accountability
Health Education England
Blenheim House | Duncombe Street | Leeds | LS1 4PL
Stay up to date by following HEE on [9]Facebook and [10]Twitter.
From: Linda Byrne <[11][FOI #724873 email]>
Sent: 06 February 2021 14:51
To: FOIA <[12][HEE request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information about your dealings
with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall
Dear Health Education England,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please
provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following
descriptions:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it). 4. Full details of any equality impact
assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications
(including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier
application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.
Yours faithfully,
Linda Byrne
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[13][FOI #724873 email]
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be delayed.
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