Gender breakdown of Scottish Government's international hubs and Directorate of External Affairs: FOI release

Information requested

1. A gender breakdown of each of the heads and deputy heads of all of the Scottish Government’s international hubs (including the hub in London).
2. A gender breakdown of the ten most senior officials in the Scottish Government’s Directorate of External Affairs.

Response

1. The heads and deputy heads of all of the Scottish Government’s international hubs (including the hub in London) breakdown you requested is noted below.

	Male	Female
Heads	4	5
Deputies	5	4

2. The gender breakdown of the senior staff in the Directorate for External Affairs is set out below.
   
   There are less than ten members of staff in the SCS (Senior Civil Servant) grade, therefore I have included all staff in grades C2 to SCS. These numbers exclude staff in the Scottish Government International Offices (including the hub in London).

Male	7
Female	8

It is important to note however that gender can be fluid and the Scottish Government may not hold accurate or up to date information on this for all parties at the time of providing a response.

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