Question reference: S5W-19666
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 October 2018
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 November 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people applied to be on Social Security Scotland's Executive Advisory Body, and how many had a protected characteristic, broken down by characteristic.
Answer
Social Security Scotland received 41 applications for positions on its Executive Advisory Body. The following tables reflect what candidates have declared in our Equalities Monitoring forms in relation to protected characteristics.
Please note that 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 *)
Age Group:
16-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60+ | Prefer not to Say |
0 | * | 8 | * | 12 | 12 | 1 |
Disability Statistics:
Yes | No | Unknown |
16 | 19 | 6 |
Ethnic Group:
White | Ethnic Minority | Prefer not to say |
* | * | 1 |
‘White’ group includes Scottish; Other British; Irish; Gypsy/Traveller; Polish; Other White.
‘Ethnic Minority’ group includes Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Groups; Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British; African, Caribbean or Black; Other Ethnic Group.
Religion :
None | Christian | Other | Prefer not to say | Unknown |
17 | 17 | * | 1 | * |
‘Christian’ includes Church of Scotland; Roman Catholic; Other Christian.
‘Other’ includes Muslim; Buddhist; Sikh; Jewish; Hindu; Another religion.
Gender Statistics:
Female | Male | Prefer not to say |
20 | 20 | 1 |
Sexual Orientation:
LGBTI | Heterosexual | Prefer not to say | Unknown |
* | 36 | * | * |