Equality Outcomes and Mainstreaming Report 2013

Report on how the public sector equality duty is being integrated across Scottish Government functions.


Annex I

Scottish Public Appointments 1 Feb 2012 to 31 Jan 2013: Diversity Statistics

Gender

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

Female

438

30.5%

381

31.4%

121

36.3%

56

35.7%

38

39.2%

Male

932

65.0%

775

63.8%

203

61.0%

97

61.8%

58

59.8%

Prefer not to say

64

4.5%

58

4.8%

9

2.7%

4

2.5%

1

1.0%

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

No suppression of counts less than 5 in this table because 'prefer not to say' is not protected characteristic.

Age

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

39 and Under

87

6.1%

69

5.7%

21

6.3%

8

5.1%

7

7.2%

40-49

217

15.1%

172

14.2%

54

16.2%

22

14.0%

15

15.5%

50-54

166

11.6%

141

11.6%

43

12.9%

23

14.6%

12

12.4%

55-59

316

22.0%

274

22.6%

79

23.7%

42

26.8%

28

28.9%

60-64

298

20.8%

251

20.7%

57

17.1%

24

15.3%

15

15.5%

65+

204

14.2%

186

15.3%

52

15.6%

27

17.2%

14

14.4%

Prefer not to say

146

10.2%

121

10.0%

27

8.1%

11

7.0%

6

6.2%

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

Ethnicity

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

Ethnic Minority

70

4.9%

57

4.7%

16

4.8%

9

5.7%

6

6.2%

White

1274

88.8%

1076

88.6%

301

90.4%

141

89.8%

88

90.7%

Prefer not to say

90

6.3%

81

6.7%

16

4.8%

7

4.5%

3

3.1%

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

No suppression of counts less than 5 in this table because 'prefer not to say' is not protected characteristic.

Disability

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

Disabled

202

14.1%

170

14.0%

41

12.3%

16

10.2%

12

12.4%

Not disabled

104

7.3%

86

7.1%

28

8.4%

13

8.3%

7

7.2%

Prefer not to say

1128

78.7%

958

78.9%

264

79.3%

128

81.5%

78

80.4%

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

* An error in the Public Appointments system has recorded a number of people as 'prefer not to say' rather than 'no disability'.

Religion

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

Christian

722

50.3%

606

49.9%

161

48.3%

75

47.8%

47

48.5%

Other religion or belief

56

3.9%

50

4.1%

9

2.7%

*

*

*

*

No religion or belief

474

33.1%

402

33.1%

123

36.9%

63

40.1%

37

38.1%

Prefer not to say

182

12.7%

156

12.9%

40

12.0%

*

*

*

*

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

Values of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as * to decrease the risk of disclosure of information about individuals.

Secondary data suppression has also been necessary to prevent the calculation of the suppressed values by differencing.

Sexual Orientation

Counts and column percentages

Applied

Reached Shortlist

Invited to Interview

Appointable

Appointed

Heterosexual/straight

1258

87.7%

1059

87.2%

295

88.6%

136

86.6%

87

89.7%

Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and other sexual orientations

37

2.6%

34

2.8%

12

3.6%

10

6.4%

6

6.2%

Prefer not to say

139

9.7%

121

10.0%

26

7.8%

11

7.0%

4

4.1%

All

1434

100.0%

1214

100.0%

333

100.0%

157

100.0%

97

100.0%

No suppression of counts less than 5 in this table because 'prefer not to say' is not protected characteristic.

Contact

Email: Graeme Bryce, Graeme.Bryce@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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