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Scottish Government releases stats on Diversity and Inclusion of government workforce
Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published the latest Scottish Government Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Information statistics.
The stats cover the diversity of core Scottish Government (SG Core) permanent staff and the experiences of different demographic groups and are based on data available as of 31 December 2021.
The figures show that female staff make up 56.2 per cent of the Scottish Government workforce, compared to 50.8% of Scotland’s working age population (16 to 65) and disabled staff make up 13.3 per cent of the Scottish Government workforce, compared to 20.7 per cent of Scotland’s working-age population (16 to 64).
It has also been revealed that the Scottish Government workforce aged between 16 and 29 years old make up 17.9 per cent of the workforce, compared to 26 per cent of Scotland’s working-age population (16 to 65); staff aged 60 years old or older make up 6.1 per cent of the workforce, compared to 12 per cent of Scotland’s working-age population (16 to 65).
Ethnic minority staff make up 3.5 per cent of the Scottish Government workforce, compared to 5.8 per cent of Scotland’s working-age population (16 to 64) and staff belonging to a non-Christian religion make up 2.9 per cent of the Scottish Government workforce, compared to 4.2 per cent of Scotland’s working-age population (16 to 64).
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