Equity Reports – by Subject Area
Equity Reports – by Subject
Children & Young People – Equity Reports
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| 2019: Tackling Child Poverty: First Year Progress Report – Ethnicity Breakdowns – Annex C | This paper presents ethnicity breakdowns, where possible, for the Child Poverty Measurement Framework indicators. It also draws on wider evidence about the drivers of poverty, and draws conclusions about the actions needed to address poverty among minority ethnic families. |
| 2019: The Timpson Review (UK) | The Timpson Review is a landmark 2019 UK government review, led by Edward Timpson, that investigated school exclusions to identify why pupils with particular characteristics are disproportionately excluded and to recommend ways to reduce preventable exclusions. It put forward 30 recommendations focused on making schools more accountable, reducing the incidence of off-rolling (informally encouraging parents to move their child to another school), improving the quality of alternative provision for excluded pupils, and upskilling the education workforce. |
| 2020: Fairer Scotland Action Plan: Progress Report |
Class Poverty & Social Deprivation – Equity Reports
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| 2019: Tackling Child Poverty: First Year Progress Report – Ethnicity Breakdowns – Annex C | This paper presents ethnicity breakdowns, where possible, for the Child Poverty Measurement Framework indicators. It also draws on wider evidence about the drivers of poverty, and draws conclusions about the actions needed to address poverty among minority ethnic families. |
| 2020: Fairer Scotland Action Plan: Progress Report |
Disasters Crises & Emergency Services – Equity Reports
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| 2020: UK Event – Disparities in the Risk and Outcomes of COVID-19 (UK) | An analysis of survival among confirmed COVID-19 cases shows that, after accounting for the effect of sex, age, deprivation and region, people of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of death when compared to people of White British ethnicity. People of Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Other Asian, Black Caribbean and Other Black ethnicity had between 10 and 50% higher risk of death when compared to White British (Public Health England, 2020) |
Economics, Trade, Finance, Commerce, Audits & Records – Equity Reports
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| 2019: Accounts Commission – Mainstreaming equality and equality outcomes: Progress report 2019–21 | This report is published jointly by the Accounts Commission and Audit Scotland. The Accounts Commission, the Auditor General for Scotland and Audit Scotland work together to deliver public audit in Scotland. • The Accounts Commission is the public spending watchdog for local government. It holds councils in Scotland to account and helps them improve. It operates impartially and independently of councils, the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament, and meets and reports in public. • The Auditor General for Scotland secures the audit of the Scottish Government and other public bodies in Scotland, except local authorities. The Auditor General is independent of the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament. The Auditor General is also the accountable officer for Audit Scotland. • Audit Scotland is a statutory body that carries out audits and investigations for the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for Scotland. |
Employment, Business, Enterprise, Leadership & Management – Equity Reports
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| 2020: Race Equality, Employment and Skills: Making Progress? | This report summarises the establishment of Equalities and Human Rights Committee. The Committee held an informal breakfast meeting with minority ethnic communities organisations on 21 November 2019 to discuss race equality in Scotland following publication of the year 1 progress update for the Scottish Government’s Race Equality Action Plan, which was published on 28 June 2019. After this, the Committee held two formal evidence sessions on 21 and 28 November 2019, where the Committee heard from representative community organisations, academics and the Scottish Government about how race equality in Scotland and the Race Equality Framework Scotland 2016 to 2030 are being delivered through the Race Equality Action Plan. At its meeting on 19 December 2019, the Committee agreed to undertake an inquiry into ‘race equality, employment and skills’ because: • Outcomes for minority ethnic communities have not improved over the past two decades • Employment is key to addressing the issues of housing, health, education, poverty and participation in public life. |
Health, Wellbeing & Social Care – Equity Reports
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| 2018: UK Event – The Wessely Review (UK) | The Review was chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely and was intended to reform the MHA to tackle: the rising rates of people being detained under the act. the disproportionate number of people from black and minority ethnic groups detained under the Act. |
| 2020: UK Event – Disparities in the Risk and Outcomes of COVID-19 (UK) | An analysis of survival among confirmed COVID-19 cases shows that, after accounting for the effect of sex, age, deprivation and region, people of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of death when compared to people of White British ethnicity. People of Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Other Asian, Black Caribbean and Other Black ethnicity had between 10 and 50% higher risk of death when compared to White British (Public Health England, 2020) |
| 2022: Public Health Scotland – Equalities Mainstreaming Report | This report gives an update on Public Health Scotland’s progress to mainstream the Public Sector Equality Duty, so it is integral to what we do and the way Public Health Scotland does it. |
| 2022: UK Event – Inquiry into Racial Injustice in Maternity Care (UK) | In May 2022, Birthrights published "Systemic Racism, not Broken Bodies," a report detailing the findings of a year-long inquiry into racial injustice in UK maternity care. The inquiry, overseen by an expert panel, included over 300 Black, Brown, and mixed-ethnicity women and birthing people who shared their experiences. The report revealed that systemic racism within maternity services, from individual interactions to policies, deeply impacts the basic rights of these women during pregnancy and childbirth. |
| 2023-2025: Care Inspectorate – Equalities Mainstreaming Report | |
| 2023: Health Improvement Scotland – Equality Mainstreaming Report | |
| 2025: Independent Living Fund: Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Report – April 2025 | These are the draft new Outcomes for 2024 to 2026. ILF Scotland staff and Advisory and Young Ambassadors Group members have been consulted on these. They were submitted to the ILF Scotland Equality Committee and SMT for sign off and then to the Remuneration Committee for information before receiving final approval from the Board. They have been integrated as SMART objectives into our business plan. |
| 2025: Public Health Scotland – Equalities Mainstreaming and Progress Report 2023-2025 | This report gives an update on Public Health Scotland’s progress to mainstream the Public Sector Equality Duty, so it is integral to what we do and the way we do it. |
| 2025: The Scottish Social Services Council – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Outcomes (2021 – 2025) & Mainstreaming Report (2025 – 2029) | The SSSC is the regulator for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland. Our work means the people of Scotland can count on social services being provided by a trusted, skilled and confident workforce. |
| Equality and diversity reports | NHS 24 | |
| NHS 24: Equality Mainstreaming Report Including Equality Outcomes (2025–2029) | |
| NHS24: Workforce Equality Monitoring Report Including Equal Pay Statement April 2025 | |
| Public Health scotland – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mainstreaming and progress report 2023-2025 – Publications – Public Health Scotland | ality, Diversity and Inclusion mainstreaming and progress report 2023-2025 |
| Scotland Data – Student Finance and Wellbeing Study (SFWS) Scotland 2023-2024 | |
| Scottish Social Services Council: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Mainstreaming and Outcomes Report 2025-2029 – Data Annex | |
| UK Data – NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts | he 2022 Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report is the seventh publication, since the WRES was mandated and covers all nine indicators. The report has the following key roles: To enable organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice To provide a national picture of WRES in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce race equality agenda |
Housing, Planning – Construction & Transport – Equity Reports
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| 2024: Minority Ethnic Employment in the Scottish Social Housing Sector: Evidence Scoping Review | This report provides an overview of the literature on minority ethnic people’s employment in the Scottish social housing sector and presents available empirical evidence. The research also identifies gaps in the evidence and suggests areas where further research could be useful. |
Immigration Asylum & Refugees – Equity Reports
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| 2020: UK Event – Windrush Lessons Learned Review by Wendy Williams (UK) | The Home Office established the Windrush Lessons Learned Review on 2 May 2018. The review is asked to “identify the key lessons for the Home Office going forward”. Issues identified in the report relate to all three of those levels in the Home Office. The review’s task was to investigate: the key legislative, policy and operational decisions that led to members of the Windrush generation becoming entangled in measures designed for illegal immigrants; what other factors played a part; why these issues were not identified sooner; what lessons the organisation can learn to ensure it does things differently in future; whether corrective measures are now in place and, if so, an assessment of their initial impact; what (if any) further recommendations should be made for the future (Williams, 2020). |
Policing, Crime & Justice – Equity Reports
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| 2017: Angiolini – Report of the Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody | This review looked at the wide range of circumstances around deaths and serious incidents in police custody and of suicides occurring shortly after release from police custody. The process involved examination of events from the initial restraint or other circumstances preceding the death, through the investigation and Inquest to the outcome of these formal investigative processes. |
| 2017: Police Scotland – Equality Outcomes | In 2017, the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and Police Scotland established a set of Equality Outcomes for 2017-2021 aimed at improving equality, diversity, and inclusion within the police service. These outcomes focused on creating a more inclusive and reflective workforce, improving confidence in reporting hate incidents, making services more responsive to victims of gender-based violence, and fostering better engagement with communities. These goals aligned with the broader aims to ensure that policing services were effective, accessible, and responsive to the diverse needs of the public. |
| 2017: UK Event – Lammy Review: Final Report (UK) | The Lammy Review is an independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the criminal justice system (Lammy, 2017) |
| 2018: Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation in Scotland: Final Report | The follow-up to a report by the Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime, Prejudice and Community Cohesion, published in 2016. The report was wide-ranging and looked at education, public and community services and other areas, as well as the criminal justice system. Amongst other things, it recommended that the Scottish Government should lead discussion on the development of clearer terminology around hate crime and consider whether there should be any additions to the existing protected characteristics of race, religion, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity |
| 2018: UK Event – The Wessely Review (UK) | The Review was chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely and was intended to reform the MHA to tackle: the rising rates of people being detained under the act. the disproportionate number of people from black and minority ethnic groups detained under the Act. |
| 2019: Scottish Police Authority: Equality & Diversity Mainstreaming and Outcomes Progress Report | The purpose of this report is to fulfil a number of the Authority’s specific requirements under the public sector equality duty. This is in place to ensure that public authorities consider how they can positively contribute to a more equal society through advancing equality and good relations in their day to day business. The report provides a two yearly update on: progress made to make the general equality duty integral to the exercise of its functions, commonly referred to as mainstreaming progress made against its equality outcomes (which were published in 2017) The report also sets out an update on progress made in gathering and using employee monitoring information in relation to protected characteristic groups along with an update on the gender pay gap, and the number of men and women who have been Board members during the period covered by the report. |
| 2019: Strategic Police Priorities: Equalities Impact Assessment | This EQIA has been undertaken to consider the impacts on equality of the revised Strategic Police Priorities (SPPs). |
| 2020: UK Event – Policing – Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues (UK) | First independent review of complaint handling, misconduct and investigations since the creation of new policing structures in 2013. Dame Elish Angiolini reviewed the effectiveness of the new systems for dealing with complaints against the police, how well complaints are investigated and the processes involved (Angiolini, 2020). |
| 2021: Police Scotland – EDI Mainstreaming and Equality Outcome Progress Report 2021 – 2023 | This is the 6th Equality and Diversity Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Report, describing progress made in delivering on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activity within policing. In 2021 Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (the Authority) developed and published its first suite of joint Equality Outcomes, reflecting a shared commitment to mainstreaming equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and taking action on key outcome areas. This first progress report since the joint outcomes were agreed describes how we continue to mainstream EDI and the progress made since 2021 in delivering against our joint equality outcomes. |
| 2022: Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System 2022 | This report compiles statistics from data sources across the Criminal Justice System, to provide a combined perspective on the typical experiences of different ethnic groups in England and Wales. |
| 2022: UK Event – Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Child Q (UK) | The Child Q inquiry arose when the Child Q scandal in 2022 brought the topic of strip searching children and young people under public scrutiny, particularly the failures in decision-making by the officers involved and of applying practice within policy guidelines. Child Q, a 15-year-old girl, was strip-searched after she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at school. The search was conducted despite officers having the knowledge that Child Q was menstruating and without another adult present. |
| 2022: UK Event – Statistics on Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System (UK) | This publication compiles statistics from data sources across the Criminal Justice System (CJS), to provide a combined perspective on the typical experiences of different ethnic groups. No causative links can be drawn from these summary statistics. For the majority of the report, no controls have been applied for other characteristics of ethnic groups (such as average income, geography, offence mix or offender history), so it is not possible to determine what proportion of differences identified in this report are directly attributable to ethnicity. Differences observed may indicate areas worth further investigation but should not be taken as evidence of bias or as direct effects of ethnicity. |
| 2023: People Strategy Development Plan & Overview Report | The refreshed People Strategy will in part reflect the priorities set out within Policing Together, particularly as it relates to delivering a supportive and inclusive organisational culture our people need to flourish and thrive with the knowledge they are welcome and valued for their true and authentic selves. Our continued focus on wellbeing will be reflected throughout and will build on the work and insights being gathered and overseen through the Your Safety Matters Diamond Oversight Group. |
| 2023: UK Event – The Baroness Casey Review – Metropolitan Police (UK) | March 2023 saw the publication of Baroness Casey’s review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service. Police Scotland undertook a programme of activity to strengthen its vetting procedures, took part in the integrity screening project led by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) and ran a communications campaign to raise awareness around the legislative standards of professional behaviour for officers and the staff code of conduct (Police Scotland, 2025) |
| 2025: Scottish Government – The Sheku Bayoh Inquiry | An independent public inquiry set up to examine the events surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh, the subsequent investigation and whether race was a factor. Sheku Bayoh died on 3 May 2015 after an incident in the street in Kirkcaldy involving officers of Police Scotland. Mr Bayoh, who was 31, left behind a partner, two young sons and a close family. The purpose of the Inquiry is to examine: the immediate circumstances leading to the death of Mr Bayoh how the police dealt with the aftermath the subsequent investigation into the death whether race was a factor The Inquiry can also make recommendations to prevent deaths in similar circumstances. |
| 2025: Scottish Police Authority – Police Scotland and Forensic Services – Joint Equality Outcomes for Policing 2025 | This document contains policing equality outcomes for 2025-2029, covering Police Scotland, and both the corporate and forensic services functions of the Authority. |
| 2025: Scottish Police Authority, police Scotland, Forensic Service – EDI Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report 23/25 | The 2025: Scottish Police Authority (SPA), Police Scotland, Forensic Service – EDI Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report 23/25 is a two-yearly report published by the SPA and Police Scotland on April 30, 2025, detailing progress made in integrating equality duties into their daily functions and achieving their specific equality outcomes over the 2023-2025 period, as required by the Public Sector Equality Duty. The report provides an update on their efforts to mainstream equality and diversity principles across all levels of the organization, covering the SPA, Police Scotland, and the Forensic Services. |
| Equality & Diversity Employment Monitoring & Analysis – Scottish Police Authority 2024 | |
| UK Data – HMPPS annual staff equalities report – GOV.UK |
Politics, National & Local Governance – Equity Reports
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| 2003: Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Reports | • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Development Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Education Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Environment & Rural Affairs Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Finance and Central Services Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Health Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Justice Department • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Legal and Parliamentary Services • Race Equality Action Plan Departmental Progress Report – Office of the Permanent Secretary |
| 2011: Diversity Delivers – Three Years On | |
| 2019: Delivering Diversity Ten Years On – Full Report | |
| 2025: Diversity and Inclusion of the Scottish Government Workforce | An update to the Scottish Government Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Information statistics have been published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. This update adds data on the experiences of different demographic groups from People Survey 2024. The statistics show that: – Ethnic minority staff are less likely to feel included and treated fairly (82.2%) than white staff (84.9%) |
| 2025: Scotland Equity Report – Scottish Government Workforce Information |
Research, Training & Education – Equity Reports
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| 2019: The Timpson Review (UK) | The Timpson Review is a landmark 2019 UK government review, led by Edward Timpson, that investigated school exclusions to identify why pupils with particular characteristics are disproportionately excluded and to recommend ways to reduce preventable exclusions. It put forward 30 recommendations focused on making schools more accountable, reducing the incidence of off-rolling (informally encouraging parents to move their child to another school), improving the quality of alternative provision for excluded pupils, and upskilling the education workforce. |
| Scotland Data – Student Finance and Wellbeing Study (SFWS) Scotland 2023-2024 |
