WEST MERCIA PCC: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – Staff, training, and procurement: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity
RESPONSE TO REQUEST
Reference: WE11583
Date of response: 21st March 2025
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Request:
1) The number of roles across all components of your operations, directorates and management structures, expressed in numbers of full-time employees (FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. This information should encompass all roles based in central offices, as well as any based elsewhere.
2) With the same criteria as above, please provide the number of internal training courses attended by staff which pertain to the issues encompassed by equality, diversity or inclusivity. Please include the name of the courses, the number of attendees, and the duration of the course.
3) Please, if possible, provide details of any internal EDI practices and networks, including the number of individuals who are members of such networks.
4) Please provide details of any external contractors brought in by the organisation to conduct training, advice, or guidance on issues relating to EDI. Where applicable this should include costs and associated manhours.
5) Please provide details of how equality, diversity and inclusivity is included in your procurement practices, the relative weight afforded to these considerations, and the current value of contracts in which EDI considerations was a part of the procurement process.
Response:
1) Zero.
2) Zero.
3) No applicable internal practices or networks.
4) The following external contractor was brought in by the OPCC to conduct training:
- Asif Sadiq MBE, ‘Inclusion and Belonging’ 3-hour (half-day), training session for all OPCC staff hosted on the 11th October 2021, at a total cost of £5000.00. No information is held on total working hours involved / incurred.
5) We are refusing this part of your request, in accordance with Section 12 of the FOIA, because the estimated costs involved to comply with this part of your request would exceed the appropriate limit.
Yours Sincerely,
FOI Officer,
West Mercia OPCC
You have the right to request an internal review, this request should be sent in writing to:
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, West Mercia Police, Hindlip Hall, Worcester, WR3 8SP Email: [email protected]. Alternatively, you can forward you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website www.ico.org.uk.
