Skills Development Scotland diversity parameters: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for:

“What was the field? (including its division across various diversity parameters)” in respect of the Skills Development Scotland board members round.

Response

The answer to your question is as follows:

There were 72 applicants.

The self-selected diversity characteristics can be broken down as follows:

Sex

Male	36
Female	34
Prefer not to say	2

Ethnicity

White	66
Ethnic minority	*
Prefer not to say	*

Disability

Not disabled	67
Disabled	*
Prefer not to say	*

Age

39 and under	8
40-44	6
45-49	12
50-54	9
55-59	10
60-64	8
65 and over	11
Prefer not to say	8

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual	66
Not heterosexual	*
Prefer not to say	*

* Values of less than 5 are suppressed to protect the identities of individuals. Secondary suppression has also been applied to prevent disclosure by derivation.  Some categories have been aggregated together to allow presentation of the data where possible.

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