Equality Outcomes and Mainstreaming Report 2015

Annex C - Scottish Government, Agencies and Other Bodies - New and promoted staff diversity data

The tables in this Annex show the diversity statistics for Scottish Government employees who were recruited or promoted in the period 1 February 2014 to 31 December 2014.

Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest figures are for an 11-month period.

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.

New recruits

Employees in the following categories are reported:

Permanent staff; fixed-term appointments; inward loans; modern apprenticeships; and paid student placements. In the tables, the non-permanent categories are grouped and shown as 'others'.

Promotions

The promotions reported here relate predominantly to permanent staff. A small number of fixed-term appointments were promoted but the figures are too small to be shown separately without encountering data disclosure issues.

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

The tables show the diversity data for staff who were recruited or promoted in the period 1 February 2014 to 31 December 2014 (an 11-month period), along with summary data for two earlier 12-month periods to give trend information. The latest recruitment data is broken down into 'permanent' and 'other' staff.

The previous version of the publication reported on the data for the period 1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013. These tables were updated (but not published at the time) with data for the period 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014. The summary data for these two periods are included in the tables. It is intended that future publications of this report will use data as at 31 December each year and will revert to a 12-month period in future editions of this report.

The tables contain staff headcounts and row percentages - that is, the percentage of the total number of new recruits or promotions 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%.

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 C1: Recruitment & promotions by age group

												Counts and row percentages
		Age Group												Total
		16-29		30-39		40-49		50-54		55-59		60+
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	312	49.2%	153	24.1%	91	14.4%	42	6.6%	23	3.6%	13	2.1%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	363	42.4%	211	24.6%	152	17.8%	70	8.2%	39	4.6%	21	2.5%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	406	48.2%	196	23.3%	116	13.8%	69	8.2%	38	4.5%	18	2.1%	843
	Permanent	87	27.8%	108	34.5%	68	21.7%	35	11.2%	12	3.8%	3	1.0%	313
	Other	319	60.2%	88	16.6%	48	9.1%	34	6.4%	26	4.9%	15	2.8%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	132	19.1%	283	41.0%	174	25.2%	61	8.8%	31	4.5%	10	1.4%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	123	17.9%	291	42.4%	187	27.3%	57	8.3%	*	*	*	*	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	99	17.6%	207	36.9%	162	28.9%	62	11.1%	23	4.1%	8	1.4%	561

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.

Table C2: Recruitment & promotions by gender

				Counts and row percentages
		Gender				Total
		Female		Male
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	303	47.8%	331	52.2%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	433	50.6%	423	49.4%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	396	47.0%	447	53.0%	843
	Permanent	163	52.1%	150	47.9%	313
	Other	233	44.0%	297	56.0%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	388	56.2%	303	43.8%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	410	59.8%	276	40.2%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	297	52.9%	264	47.1%	561

** Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest results refer to an 11-month period.

Table C3: Recruitment & promotions by ethnic group

								Counts and row percentages
		Ethnic Group								Total
		Ethnic minority		White		Prefer not to say		Not known
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	12	1.9%	214	33.8%	3	0.5%	405	63.9%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	12	1.4%	348	40.7%	3	0.4%	493	57.6%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	5	0.6%	271	32.1%	2	0.2%	566	67.1%	843
	Permanent	*	*	177	56.5%	*	*	132	42.2%	313
	Other	*	*	94	17.7%	*	*	434	81.9%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	11	1.6%	536	77.6%	9	1.3%	135	19.5%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	18	2.6%	549	80.0%	10	1.5%	109	15.9%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	17	3.0%	457	81.5%	7	1.2%	80	14.3%	561

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.

Table C4: Recruitment & promotions by disability status

								Counts and row percentages
		Disability Status								Total
		Disabled		Not disabled		Prefer not to say		Not known
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	12	1.9%	64	10.1%	1	0.2%	557	87.9%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	20	2.3%	114	13.3%	1	0.1%	721	84.2%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	25	3.0%	89	10.6%	0	0.0%	729	86.5%	843
	Permanent	16	5.1%	50	16.0%	0	0.0%	247	78.9%	313
	Other	9	1.7%	39	7.4%	0	0.0%	482	90.9%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	23	3.3%	388	56.2%	5	0.7%	275	39.8%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	36	5.2%	384	56.0%	5	0.7%	261	38.0%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	33	5.9%	294	52.4%	6	1.1%	228	40.6%	561

** Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest results refer to an 11-month period.

Table C5: Recruitment & promotions by sexual orientation

								Counts and row percentages
		Sexual Orientation								Total
		Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and other		Heterosexual/ straight		Prefer not to say		Not known
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	*	*	48	7.6%	*	*	584	92.1%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	12	1.4%	335	39.1%	14	1.6%	495	57.8%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	8	0.9%	259	30.7%	21	2.5%	555	65.8%	843
	Permanent	*	*	180	57.5%	*	*	118	37.7%	313
	Other	*	*	79	14.9%	*	*	437	82.5%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	8	1.2%	222	32.1%	14	2.0%	447	64.7%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	23	3.4%	522	76.1%	23	3.4%	118	17.2%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	13	2.3%	342	61.0%	16	2.9%	190	33.9%	561

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.

Table C6: Recruitment & promotions by religion/belief

										Counts and row percentages
		Religion or Belief										Total
		Christian		Other religion or belief		No religion or belief		Prefer not to say		Not known
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	20	3.2%	*	*	29	4.6%	*	*	584	92.1%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	144	16.8%	14	1.6%	181	21.1%	20	2.3%	497	58.1%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	84	10.0%	29	3.4%	139	16.5%	18	2.1%	573	68.0%	843
	Permanent	56	17.9%	18	5.8%	95	30.4%	10	3.2%	134	42.8%	313
	Other	28	5.3%	11	2.1%	44	8.3%	8	1.5%	439	82.8%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	97	14.0%	7	1.0%	127	18.4%	13	1.9%	447	64.7%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	224	32.7%	13	1.9%	292	42.6%	31	4.5%	126	18.4%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	106	18.9%	37	6.6%	204	36.4%	23	4.1%	191	34.0%	561

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.

Table C7: Recruitment & promotions by marital/civil partnership status

										Counts and row percentages
		Marital/Civil partnership status										Total
		Married		Single		Other status		Prefer not to say		Not known
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	72	11.4%	93	14.7%	17	2.7%	50	7.9%	402	63.4%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	95	11.1%	79	9.2%	16	1.9%	59	6.9%	607	70.9%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	73	8.7%	61	7.2%	13	1.5%	56	6.6%	640	75.9%	843
	Permanent	45	14.4%	20	6.4%	*	*	*	*	231	73.8%	313
	Other	28	5.3%	41	7.7%	*	*	*	*	409	77.2%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	299	43.3%	124	17.9%	65	9.4%	72	10.4%	131	19.0%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	272	39.7%	130	19.0%	68	9.9%	66	9.6%	150	21.9%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	227	40.5%	109	19.4%	54	9.6%	33	5.9%	138	24.6%	561

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 *).
The following have been grouped into the ‘Other status’ category: civil partnership, divorced, domestic partner, legally separated, living together, separated, and widowed.
** Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest results refer to an 11-month period.

Table C8: Recruitment & promotions by work pattern

				Counts and row percentages
		Work pattern				Total
		Full-time		Part-time
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	584	92.1%	50	7.9%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	804	93.9%	52	6.1%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	786	93.2%	57	6.8%	843
	Permanent	286	91.4%	27	8.6%	313
	Other	500	94.3%	30	5.7%	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	613	88.7%	78	11.3%	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	608	88.6%	78	11.4%	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	501	89.3%	60	10.7%	561

** Note that due to the change in the reporting timetable the latest results refer to an 11-month period.

Table C9: Recruitment & promotions by pay band

										Counts and row percentages
		Pay band										Total
		Band A		Band B		Band C		Senior Civil Service		Others
New recruits
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All recruits	258	40.7%	242	38.2%	31	4.9%	8	1.3%	95	15.0%	634
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All recruits	279	32.6%	351	41.0%	87	10.2%	10	1.2%	129	15.1%	856
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All recruits	309	36.7%	324	38.4%	87	10.3%	*	*	*	*	843
	Permanent	68	21.7%	172	55.0%	60	19.2%	*	*	*	*	313
	Other	241	45.5%	152	28.7%	27	5.1%	*	*	*	*	530
Promotions
Feb-12 to Jan-13	All promotions	115	16.6%	428	61.9%	134	19.4%	*	*	*	*	691
Feb-13 to Jan-14	All promotions	112	16.3%	410	59.8%	137	20.0%	*	*	*	*	686
Feb-14 to Dec-14**	All promotions	67	11.9%	375	66.8%	114	20.3%	5	0.9%	0	0.0%	561

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.