2022/25361 - Information about Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI)
REQUEST
- Confirm whether your organisation applied to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index in A) 2018 (for 2019), B) 2019 (for 2020) or C) 2021 (for 2022) (NB the index was suspended in 2020/21 because of Covid)
- Give details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.
- State whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
If the answer to any part of 1 is yes please supply:
- Any application you made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
- Any feedback you received in 2018/19 or 2019/20 or 2021/22 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme. This must include the priorities or objectives written by your organisation’s representative at the end of the feedback form (under the heading ‘Priorities for the year ahead’ in 2019; ‘Your priorities’ in 2020).
In addition, please confirm the following
- Has your organisation received any training sessions or training materials from Stonewall over the last 10 years?
- If so, how much money has been spent on such training and/or materials by your organisation in each of the ten previous years?
- What did these training sessions/materials cover? Specifically, did the materials used or supplied promote ideological concepts of gender as opposed to focussing on the biological reality of the immutability of sex and its binary nature.
- Please supply a copy of all such written materials that were supplied to your organisation by Stonewall.
- Did any of the contracts entered into with Stonewall for the provision of any such training sessions or materials result from a competitive tendering process and if not, why not?
- What consideration was given to approaching any other organisation other than Stonewall for the provision of training sessions/materials with respect to the topics covered by Stonewall therein.
EXEMPTIONS?
If your organisation is considering refusing to disclose feedback received as part of the Stonewall scheme or in relation to other elements of this request by relying on section 41 (confidential information) and/or section 43 (commercial interest) of FOI, please note the recent ICO decisions IC-129040-Y4T2 and IC-125081-Q8J6 which rejected these reasons. Sex Matters has written a short briefing on these two ICO decisions – please see https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sex-matters.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F07%2FFreedom-of-Information-briefing-July-2022.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CFOI%40gwent.police.uk%7Cbb69fa1bc2f448f953ad08da748a347a%7Ce46c8472ef5d4b63bc744a60db42c371%7C0%7C1%7C637950434184729007%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=thKqdYiQccwckuSgnsbZDZN0t5yXVW1Dvgo3urpv2T0%3D&reserved=0
RESPONSE
- Confirm whether your organisation applied to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index in A) 2018 (for 2019), B) 2019 (for 2020) or C) 2021 (for 2022) (NB the index was suspended in 2020/21 because of Covid)
No
- Give details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.
Gwent Police paid £2500 for membership to Stonewall Diversity Champions.
- State whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
If the answer to any part of 1 is yes please supply:
This information is not recorded.
- Any application you made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
Not applicable
- Any feedback you received in 2018/19 or 2019/20 or 2021/22 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme. This must include the priorities or objectives written by your organisation’s representative at the end of the feedback form (under the heading ‘Priorities for the year ahead’ in 2019; ‘Your priorities’ in 2020).
In addition, please confirm the following
Not applicable
- Has your organisation received any training sessions or training materials from Stonewall over the last 10 years?
Yes – Stonewall Diversity Champions
- If so, how much money has been spent on such training and/or materials by your organisation in each of the ten previous years?
£0
- What did these training sessions/materials cover? Specifically, did the materials used or supplied promote ideological concepts of gender as opposed to focussing on the biological reality of the immutability of sex and its binary nature.
For information about the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, please visit Diversity Champions programme | Stonewall
- Please supply a copy of all such written materials that were supplied to your organisation by Stonewall.
Nothing held.
- Did any of the contracts entered into with Stonewall for the provision of any such training sessions or materials result from a competitive tendering process and if not, why not?
We can confirm that there are no contracts that could have been tendered.
- What consideration was given to approaching any other organisation other than Stonewall for the provision of training sessions/materials with respect to the topics covered by Stonewall therein.
All training provision is procured through a national framework and is subject to scrutiny.