FOI 1794 - Media/Communications/Public Engagement Employees

1. How many media/communications/public engagement employees have you recruited since 2015?

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

   3             6            2            0             0             0              0    9

2. How many were white?

3. How many were black British?

4. How many were British Pakistani?

5. How many were British Bangladeshi?

6. How many were British Indian?

7. How many were British Nepalese?

8. How many were British Philipino?

9. How many were British Arab?

10. How many were British Palestinian?

11. How many were women?

12. How many were aged under 35?

13. How many were disabled?

14. How many were LGBTQ+?

15. How many were British Muslims?

16. How many were white women?

17. How many were black British women?

18. How many were British Pakistani women?

19. How many were British Bangladeshi women?

20. How many were British Indian women?

21. How many were British Nepalese women?

22. How many were British Philipino women?

23. How many were British Arab women?

24. How many were British Palestinian women?

25. How many were women aged under 35?

26. How many were disabled women?

27. How many were LGBTQ+ women?

28. How many were British Muslim women?

Q2 – 28.

After careful consideration I am able to confirm that the information you have requested in questions 2 - 28 is exempt by virtue of Section 40 (2) of the act (as amended by Schedule 19 of the Data Protection Act 2018).

The information you have requested may directly or indirectly identify an individual and is therefore the personal data of a third party (as defined by the GDPR (a4.1) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (s3.2)). In addition this data relates to ethnicity and sexual orientation which is special category data and afforded extra protection under the UK GDPR. Releasing this personal data would be likely to contravene the first data protection principle (as defined by the GDPR (a5) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (s35)). This is an absolute exemption therefore neither the public interest test nor evidence of harm in disclosure needs to be outlined.