Equality Outcomes and Mainstreaming Report 2015

Annex A - Scottish Government, Agencies and Other Bodies - Staff diversity data

The tables and charts in this Annex show the diversity statistics for Scottish Government employees as at 31 December 2014.

Coverage

Along with the core Scottish Government, the statistics in this annex include the following public bodies: Accountant in Bankruptcy, Advocate General for Scotland, British Irish Council, Courts Tribunals, Court of Lord Lyon, Crofting Commission, Disclosure Scotland, Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, Education Scotland, HMI Constabulary, HMI Prisons, Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland, Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, Mental Welfare Commission, National Records of Scotland, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Office of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner, Parole Board, Police Investigations & Review Commissioner, Risk Management Authority, Scotland Office, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Scottish Housing Regulator, Scottish Law Commission, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, Student Awards Agency for Scotland, Transport Scotland.

Employees in the following categories are included:

Permanent staff; staff on maternity, paternity or adoption leave; outward secondments; staff on career breaks; modern apprentices; fixed-term appointments (open competition and no competition); and students (paid).

Disclosure control

To avoid the possible disclosure of information about individual members of staff, data suppression has been applied to counts of less than 5 (and the corresponding percentage value). In some cases, secondary data suppression has been necessary to prevent the calculation of suppressed values by differencing. Suppressed values are shown as an asterisk (*). Where possible, data suppression has been avoided by grouping categories in some manner. Where the only small counts in a table refer to the 'prefer not to say' category, no data suppression is done. Where data suppression has been applied in any table an explanatory note is provided.

Tables and charts

The tables show the diversity data as at 31 December 2014, along with summary data for two earlier points in time to give trend information. The December 2014 data includes a breakdown by work pattern (full-time or part-time) and by pay band.

The previous version of the publication reported on the data at 31 January 2013. These tables were updated (but not published at the time) with data from 31 January 2014. The summary data for these two points in time are included in the tables. It is intended that future publications of this report will use data as at 31 December each year. As the staff numbers are a snapshot taken at a specific point in time, the effect of the change should be minimal. However, the table 'Staff on maternity leave' reports an 11-month period for the latest data. This will revert to a 12-month period in future editions of this report.

Where appropriate, charts have been included to illustrate the information in the tables. The charts show the work pattern breakdown and trend information. Please note that in cases where data suppression has been necessary the chart will show a blank column.

The tables contain staff headcounts and row percentages - that is, the percentage of the total staff in each category (for example, in each of the age groups 16-29, 30-39, and so on). The sum of the percentages in each row will be 100% (with the exception of Table A8 which is slightly different from the others).

Where tables provide a breakdown by pay band, the 'Other' category includes people whose pay band is not assimilated into the SG Main structure. The majority of these are staff working in Marine Scotland.

Data source

The tables in this workbook were compiled from data held on the Scottish Government HR system. Information on the protected characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, marital/civil partnership status, and religion or belief) is provided by the employee on a voluntary basis. For some protected characteristics (for example, age and gender) the information held is complete or very nearly complete, while the information held for other characteristics is less well populated.

Table A1: Staff numbers by age

												Counts and row percentages
		Age Group
		16-29		30-39		40-49		50-54		55-59		60+		Total
Jan-13	All employees	866	11.8%	1991	27.1%	2303	31.3%	1047	14.2%	763	10.4%	379	5.2%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	881	11.7%	2064	27.3%	2310	30.6%	1106	14.7%	789	10.5%	397	5.3%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	937	11.8%	2127	26.9%	2334	29.5%	1194	15.1%	883	11.2%	435	5.5%	7910
	Full-time	882	13.3%	1718	25.9%	1882	28.4%	1064	16.0%	790	11.9%	296	4.5%	6632
	Part-time	55	4.3%	409	32.0%	452	35.4%	130	10.2%	93	7.3%	139	10.9%	1278
	Pay Band A	467	23.1%	438	21.7%	428	21.2%	271	13.4%	251	12.4%	165	8.2%	2020
	Pay Band B	419	10.4%	1256	31.2%	1223	30.4%	582	14.5%	373	9.3%	171	4.2%	4024
	Pay Band C	22	1.5%	381	26.5%	567	39.5%	251	17.5%	163	11.3%	53	3.7%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	0	0.0%	9	5.1%	68	38.4%	44	24.9%	44	24.9%	12	6.8%	177
	Other	29	11.5%	43	17.1%	48	19.0%	46	18.3%	52	20.6%	34	13.5%	252

Chart A1: Work pattern by age group, Dec 2014

Chart A2: All staff by age group, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A2: Staff numbers by gender

				Counts and row percentages
		Gender
		Female		Male		Total
Jan-13	All employees	3772	51.3%	3577	48.7%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	3903	51.7%	3644	48.3%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	4102	51.9%	3808	48.1%	7910
	Full-time	3012	45.4%	3620	54.6%	6632
	Part-time	1090	85.3%	188	14.7%	1278
	Pay Band A	1172	58.0%	848	42.0%	2020
	Pay Band B	2063	51.3%	1961	48.7%	4024
	Pay Band C	746	51.9%	691	48.1%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	64	36.2%	113	63.8%	177
	Other	57	22.6%	195	77.4%	252

Chart A3: Work pattern by gender, Dec 2014

Chart A4: All staff by gender, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A3: Staff numbers by ethnic group

								Counts and row percentages
		Ethnic Group
		Ethnic minority		White		Prefer not to say		Not known		Total
Jan-13	All employees	101	1.4%	5550	75.5%	105	1.4%	1593	21.7%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	116	1.5%	5692	75.4%	100	1.3%	1639	21.7%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	122	1.5%	6017	76.1%	118	1.5%	1653	20.9%	7910
	Full-time	106	1.6%	4982	75.1%	105	1.6%	1439	21.7%	6632
	Part-time	16	1.3%	1035	81.0%	13	1.0%	214	16.7%	1278
	Pay Band A	42	2.1%	1355	67.1%	29	1.4%	594	29.4%	2020
	Pay Band B	60	1.5%	3229	80.2%	65	1.6%	670	16.7%	4024
	Pay Band C	17	1.2%	1190	82.8%	20	1.4%	210	14.6%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	*	*	147	83.1%	*	*	24	13.6%	177
	Other	*	*	96	38.1%	*	*	155	61.5%	252

Counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to prevent the possible disclosure of information about individuals.
Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing (also shown as *).
‘Ethnic minority’ group includes African, Caribbean or Black; Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British; Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group; Other Ethnic Group.

Chart A5: Work Pattern by ethnic group, Dec 2014

Chart A6: All staff by ethnic group, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A4: Staff numbers by sexual orientation

									Counts and row percentages
		Sexual Orientation
		Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and other		Heterosexual/ straight		Prefer not to say		Not known		Total
Jan-13	All employees	66	0.9%	1268	17.3%	91	1.2%	5924	80.6%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	129	1.7%	2841	37.6%	181	2.4%	4396	58.2%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	139	1.8%	3199	40.4%	211	2.7%	4361	55.1%	7910
	Full-time	134	2.0%	2726	41.1%	190	2.9%	3582	54.0%	6632
	Part-time	5	0.4%	473	37.0%	21	1.6%	779	61.0%	1278
	Pay Band A	39	1.9%	632	31.3%	50	2.5%	1299	64.3%	2020
	Pay Band B	67	1.7%	1829	45.5%	111	2.8%	2017	50.1%	4024
	Pay Band C	30	2.1%	633	44.1%	46	3.2%	728	50.7%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	*	*	61	34.5%	*	*	110	62.1%	177
	Other	*	*	44	17.5%	*	*	207	82.1%	252

Counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to prevent the possible disclosure of information about individuals.
Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing (also shown as *).

Chart A7: Work pattern by sexual orientation, Dec 2014

Chart A8: All staff by sexual orientation, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A5: Staff numbers by disability status

									Counts and row percentages
		Disability status
		Disabled		Not disabled		Prefer not to say		Not known		Total
Jan-13	All employees	290	3.9%	4309	58.6%	34	0.5%	2716	37.0%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	307	4.1%	4234	56.1%	36	0.5%	2970	39.4%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	385	4.9%	4182	52.9%	46	0.6%	3297	41.7%	7910
	Full-time	316	4.8%	3420	51.6%	41	0.6%	2855	43.0%	6632
	Part-time	69	5.4%	762	59.6%	5	0.4%	442	34.6%	1278
	Pay Band A	138	6.8%	885	43.8%	10	0.5%	987	48.9%	2020
	Pay Band B	188	4.7%	2207	54.8%	31	0.8%	1598	39.7%	4024
	Pay Band C	*	*	902	62.8%	*	*	478	33.3%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	*	*	122	68.9%	*	*	51	28.8%	177
	Other	*	*	66	26.2%	*	*	183	72.6%	252

Counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to prevent the possible disclosure of information about individuals.
Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing (also shown as *).

Chart A9: Work pattern by disability status, Dec 2014

Chart A10: All staff by disability status, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A6: Staff numbers by marital/civil partnership status

											Counts and row percentages
		Marital/Civil Partnership Status
		Married		Single		Other status		Prefer not to say		Not known		Total
Jan-13	All employees	3280	44.6%	1372	18.7%	585	8.0%	447	6.1%	1665	22.7%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	3293	43.6%	1302	17.3%	612	8.1%	422	5.6%	1918	25.4%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	3369	42.6%	1286	16.3%	640	8.1%	426	5.4%	2189	27.7%	7910
	Full-time	2551	38.5%	1174	17.7%	553	8.3%	380	5.7%	1974	29.8%	6632
	Part-time	818	64.0%	112	8.8%	87	6.8%	46	3.6%	215	16.8%	1278
	Pay Band A	611	30.2%	452	22.4%	177	8.8%	152	7.5%	628	31.1%	2020
	Pay Band B	1822	45.3%	650	16.2%	351	8.7%	191	4.7%	1010	25.1%	4024
	Pay Band C	772	53.7%	141	9.8%	95	6.6%	64	4.5%	365	25.4%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	106	59.9%	22	12.4%	9	5.1%	4	2.3%	36	20.3%	177
	Other	58	23.0%	21	8.3%	8	3.2%	15	6.0%	150	59.5%	252

The following have been grouped into the ‘Other status’ category: civil partnership, divorced, domestic partner, legally separated, living together, separated, and widowed.

Chart A11: Work pattern by Martial/civil partnership status, Dec 2014

Chart A12: All staff by marital.civil partnership status, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A7: Staff numbers by religion/belief

											Counts and row percentages
		Religion or Belief
		Christian		Other Religion or Belief		No Religion or Belief		Prefer not to say		Not known		Total
Jan-13	All employees	648	8.8%	54	0.7%	639	8.7%	91	1.2%	5917	80.5%	7349
Jan-14	All employees	1309	17.3%	116	1.5%	1523	20.2%	191	2.5%	4408	58.4%	7547
Dec-14	All employees	1393	17.6%	178	2.3%	1706	21.6%	231	2.9%	4402	55.7%	7910
	Full-time	1168	17.6%	157	2.4%	1479	22.3%	204	3.1%	3624	54.6%	6632
	Part-time	225	17.6%	21	1.6%	227	17.8%	27	2.1%	778	60.9%	1278
	Pay Band A	290	14.4%	48	2.4%	338	16.7%	47	2.3%	1297	64.2%	2020
	Pay Band B	805	20.0%	86	2.1%	961	23.9%	131	3.3%	2041	50.7%	4024
	Pay Band C	251	17.5%	37	2.6%	361	25.1%	47	3.3%	741	51.6%	1437
	Senior Civil Service	26	14.7%	*	*	27	15.3%	*	*	113	63.8%	177
	Other	21	8.3%	*	*	19	7.5%	*	*	210	83.3%	252

Counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to prevent the possible disclosure of information about individuals.
Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing (also shown as *).
‘Other religion or belief’ includes Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Hindu, Pagan, and Other.

Chart A13: Work pattern by religion or belief, Dec 2014

Chart A14: All staff by religion or belief, change between Jan 2013 and Dec 2014

Table A8: Scottish Government - staff on maternity leave

						Counts and percentages
Period		On maternity leave at end of period		Number of staff who returned from maternity leave during the period after:
		Count	% of total staff	0-26 weeks	27-39 weeks	40-52 weeks	Total
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All employees	108	1.5%	21	65	85	171
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All employees	131	1.7%	20	47	83	150
Feb-14 to Dec-14	All employees	120	1.5%	14	58	81	153
	Full-time	84	1.3%	*	*	51	98
	Part-time	36	2.8%	*	*	30	55
	Pay Band A	29	1.4%	6	16	16	38
	Pay Band B	62	1.5%	*	*	48	88
	Pay Band C	27	1.9%	*	*	16	25
	Senior Civil Service	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*

Counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to prevent the possible disclosure of information about individuals.
Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing (also shown as *).
Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest results refer to an 11-month period.