Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) According to the Equality Trust, the richest 10 per cent receive £977.4 million in transport subsidy, - Speech Link

S6W-27768

Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards meeting its target of disabled people representing 19% of its workforce, as set out in its 2019 Recruitment and Retention Plan for Disabled People.

Answered by Stewart, Kaukab

The 2019 recruitment and retention Action plan for Disabled People has been superseded by the Diversity and Inclusion Employer Strategy for Scottish Government published April 2024. Having a workforce more representative of the people of Scotland it serves, remains one of our Employer Equality Outcomes. We have higher levels of disabled staff than ever before but still have further progress to make. The overall proportion of disabled people working in the Scottish Government has more than doubled over the last ten years, rising from 6.4% in 2013 to 14.1% in 2023.

S6W-27769

Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards meeting its target of 25% of its external recruits being disabled people by 2025, as set out in its 2019 Recruitment and Retention Plan for Disabled People.

Answered by Stewart, Kaukab

The 2019 recruitment and retention Action plan for Disabled People has been superseded by the Diversity and Inclusion Employer Strategy for Scottish Government published April 2024. Having a workforce more representative of the people of Scotland it serves, remains one of our Employer Equality Outcomes. The Scottish Government has made excellent progress towards meeting the target of 25% of external recruits declaring a disability. Latest figures show 35% of successful applicants declared a disability, exceeding the 25% target.

Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) The Government has said that that will not happen, but its own equality impact assessment says that it - Speech Link
2: None things about the Scottish system, but, if we were starting again, I would want some comparability or equality - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) That includes having delivered a public social partnership and the workplace equality fund, which provide - Speech Link
2: None The minister mentioned the public social partnership and the workplace equality fund. - Speech Link
3: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) We used to have the workplace equality fund, but it closed. - Speech Link
4: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) We touched on the workplace equality fund earlier, and there is going to be an independent evaluation - Speech Link
5: None The workplace equality fund ran until 31 March this year. - Speech Link

Correspondence Jun. 05 2024

Found:  Does this policy advance equality of opportunity for PC groups?

Mentions:
1: None The proposed disability equality strategy has not been delivered, and we have not had an immediate priorities - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) medical director, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland; Stephanie Griffin, Scotland policy manager, Equality - Speech Link
2: None The Equality and Human Rights Commission is Britain’s equality and human rights regulator. - Speech Link
3: None should mean that listed bodies already consider equality in their work. - Speech Link