FOI 1642 – Equality Roles and Strategies
FOI Reference Number:
1642
Request
I would like to request the number of employees within your Integrated Care Board whose job roles specifically require them to address issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), including but not limited to all staff whose job title has ‘EDI’, ‘Equality’, ‘Diversity’ or ‘Inclusion’ in it.
I would also like to request all remuneration costs for these roles.
Does your Integrated Care Board have an EDI strategy, a diversity strategy, or any other strategy aimed at increasing the amount of female, BAME, LGBT+, or disabled employees?
What are the costs related to the development and implementation of these strategies?
E.g: research and data collection, the organisation of focus groups/forums/workshops/etc, time spent on changing structures.
Is your Integrated Care Board involved in any other project or initiative aimed at promoting diversity, in terms of gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference or ablebodiedness, and if so, what are the costs related to these projects or initiatives?
Response
Date: 6 September 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1642
Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information regarding the financial efforts of your NHS Integrated Care Board to promote diversity.
1. I would like to request the number of employees within your Integrated Care Board whose job roles specifically require them to address issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), including but not limited to all staff whose job title has ‘EDI’, ‘Equality’, ‘Diversity’ or ‘Inclusion’ in it. I would also like to request all remuneration costs for these roles.
12 roles within the ICB fall under the scope of this question, including the Executive Team (7 job roles), HR team and Senior Public Equality & Diversity Manager.
Total remuneration for these roles is £1,177,248.
2. Does your Integrated Care Board have an EDI strategy, a diversity strategy, or any other strategy aimed at increasing the amount of female, BAME, LGBT+, or disabled employees?
Yes; this is included within the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Joined Up Care Derbyshire’s Integrated Care System – Vision, Priorities and Deliverables (3 year plan).
3. What are the costs related to the development and implementation of these strategies? E.g: research and data collection, the organisation of focus groups/forums/workshops/etc, time spent on changing structures.
This information is not held; we do not hold cost information to the level of detail required to answer this question.
4. Is your Integrated Care Board involved in any other project or initiative aimed at promoting diversity, in terms of gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference or ablebodiedness, and if so, what are the costs related to these projects or initiatives?
As detailed within the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Joined Up Care Derbyshire’s Integrated Care System – Vision, Priorities and Deliverables plan:
• Inclusive Recruitment project – £88, 559, funded through Workforce Development Funding.
• Building Leaders for Inclusion Initiative ( BLFII) – £102.000, funded by NHS England.
I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours faithfully,
Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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