Discrimination Reporting to Scottish Borders Council - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Discrimination Reporting to Scottish Borders Council
FOI Number
2024482
Date Received
03/05/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1. How many complaints of each of the following types of discrimination were reported to your organisation in 2021, 2022 and 2023:
a. Disability discrimination
b. Race or ethnicity discrimination
c. Sexual orientation discrimination

2. How many complaints were reported to your organisation about discrimination related to a person s HIV status in:

a. 2021
b. 2022
c. 2023

3. If HIV-related discrimination complaints were reported to your organisation, how many of the following incidents were reported?

a. Refusal of a service after HIV status was shared.
b. Failure to make reasonable adjustments for a person s HIV status.
c. Harassment related to a person s HIV status.
d. Use of an organisational policy that discriminated against a person based on their HIV status.
e. Another kind of HIV discrimination incident.

4. If HIV-related discrimination complaints were reported to your organisation, were they reported by?

a. Members of the public.
b. Employees of your organisation

5. If HIV-related discrimination complaints were reported to your organisation, how many complaints were upheld?

6. Does your organisation have a policy to deal with incidents of HIV discrimination reported to them at a strategic level? If so, could you explain what the policy is or attach a copy of said policy?
Response
1and2 - 0 3-5 - N/A 6 - The Council does not have a policy Therefore, we refer to section S17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that information is not held.