Report Summary
As a public body, SPA has a specific duty to publish relevant information to demonstrate our compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), part of the Equality Act 2010. We publish information relating to our recruitment practices and information about employees who share protected characteristics from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
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Race
Scottish population figures show that 95.4 percent of people report their ethnicity as White, while 4.6 percent of the population are from a Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic background, with the Asian population being the largest BAME group at 2.8 percent.
The ONS Annual Population Survey for 2021 shows that the employment rate for the minority ethnic group aged 16 to 64 was estimated at 62.1 percent in 2021 compared to 73.9 percent for the white group.
The percentage of BME staff has been reported at 2 percent since 2014 and with the new approach to reporting to two decimal places we have confirmed that the figure is below 2 percent as previous reporting was rounded to the nearest full percentage point in previous years.
The BME pay gap as of 31 March 2023 was -9 percent.
Application rates for BME and WME continue to be higher than the current workforce profile. Due to the small number of recruits overall, it is not possible to identify if this translates into higher recruitment rates.
WME and BME leaver figures are higher than current workforce profile. Whilst this relates to a small number of people, it does demonstrate the need for continued engagement within diversity staff associations.
Initial research has been conducted in relation to the link between vetting processes and ethnicity and this has been an area of interest for the SPA People Committee following engagement with diversity staff associations.
Next steps will include engagement with diversity staff associations has specifically highlighted the importance of the current focus on improved understanding of reasons for leaving.
