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NFRS 2022 90 - Equality, diversity and Inclusion spending

You asked for:

  1. How many staff (as measured by full-time equivalents) do you employ to work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)?
  2. What was your spending on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) for the financial year 2021/22 and what is the budget for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the current financial year?
  3. What was your spending on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2021/22 and what is the budget for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)training in the current financial year?
  4. How many staff working days do you estimate were lost from regular work due to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2021/22 and what is your estimate of staff working days that will be lost from regular work due to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training during the current financial year?

Our Response:

  1. How many staff (as measured by full-time equivalents) do you employ to work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)?

    Answer: - 2.0 FTE

  2. What was your spending on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) for the financial year 2021/22 and what is the budget for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the current financial year?

    Answer: - 21/22 - £13833 (Expenditure) 22/23 - £21000 (Budget)

  3. What was your spending on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2021/22 and what is the budget for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training in the current financial year?

    Answer: - £11480 21/22 financial year, £10000 current financial year budget.

  4. How many staff working days do you estimate were lost from regular work due to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2021/22 and what is your estimate of staff working days that will be lost from regular work due to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training during the current financial year?

    Answer: - No information held, we don’t hold this data as we do not consider time spent on training as lost time and forms part of our regular work for our staff.

    Equality forms part of the Services values and without enacting the principles of equality our staff cannot meet the aim of creating safer communities.

    However in the spirit of the Act but outside of it I can state that 83 days were used during 21/22 and an estimated 52 days during 22/23 were invested in the skills of the workforce via Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training.