PHS FOI 2025-002128
- Date of request
- 08 May 2025
- Date of response
- 04 June 2025
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2025-002128
- Corporate information
Request
“My request is in relation to data the Board’s function as an employer is required to gather, use and publish on the protected characteristics of employees, as set out in the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, as amended, and specifically in relation to the protected characteristic of ‘gender reassignment’ [commonly described as ‘trans]. In this connection I ask that you provide me with the precise text of the question [and any sub-clauses to it] put to employees and from which the Board extracts and publishes the data on the protected characteristic of ‘gender reassignment’ [or ‘trans’], including the overall number and any sub-sets for the most recent year data has been gathered.
In addition and in the Board’s function as a service provider, where the Board gathers data on service users to evidence meeting the general equality duty of the Equality Act 2020 and eliminating discrimination in the provision of services, I ask about data gathered specifically in relation to the protected characteristic of ‘gender reassignment’ [commonly described as ‘trans]. In this connection I ask that you provide me with the precise text of the question [and any sub-clauses to it] put to service users and from which the Board extracts data and publishes the data to evidence the absence of discrimination, on the protected characteristic of ‘gender reassignment’ [or ‘trans’], including the overall number and any sub-sets.”