FOI Release: Equality‑Related Actions, Definitions, and Funding (2015–2026)

Published: 25 February 2026
Freedom of information class: What we spend and how

Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).


FOI reference: CW-2026-030
Date received: 14 January 2026

Date clarified: 04 February 2026
Date responded: 24 February 2026

Information requested:

Part one

  1. Actions that you have carried out for women (as defined by the supreme court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) in the calendar years 2015 to 2019? (please break that down by each calendar year ideally or fiscal year, and only if achievable within cost limit, the action taken and the amount spent on each action).
  1. Actions you have carried out for (each and separately) lesbian, gay and bisexual people (each term as defined by the supreme court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) broken down in the calendar years 2015 to 2019? (please break that down by each year, for these years) and only if achievable within cost limit, the action and the amount spent on each action.
  1. Copies of any funding agreements, or contracts, or other documents held by your organisation in this time period (2015-2019) with any LGBT organisation or organisation that has LGBT+ issues as its main focus, specifying the purpose of the funding.
  1. The total amount of spend in this time period (2015-2019) for grants, funding, donations, contracts, or any other financial support, membership fees or subscriptions to LGBT diversity schemes or programmes provided by your authority to organisations that work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, ace, pan or intersex people or any other related or associated equality issues.
  1. A breakdown, where held, of this spend for each year from 2015/2016 to 2018/2019 that you have on file. Ideally, please provide this broken down by calendar year. Please provide by fiscal year if you do not have it in calendar format.
  2. A breakdown, where held, of this funding by recipient organisation, including their name, amount provided per year and a brief description of what it was for (including, but not limited to: mental health support, equality training and education, awareness raising initiatives, youth projects, sport or health services).

Part Two

  1. What your organisation understands the word ‘woman’ to denote.
  1. What your organisation understands the terms: lesbian, bisexual and gay to denote?
  1. Actions that you have carried out for women (as defined by the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) in the last 5 years. Please break that down the amount spent by each calendar year, please provide by fiscal year if you do not have it in calendar format please include data for 2026.
  1. Actions you have carried out for (each and separately) lesbian, gay and bisexual people (each term as defined by the supreme court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) in the last 5 years? (please break that down by year, for the last 5 years and this calendar year) and only if achievable within cost limit, the action taken and the amount spent on each action.
  1. Copies of any funding agreements, or contracts, or other documents held by your organisation in the last 5 years with any LGBT organisation or organisation that has LGBT+ issues as its main focus, specifying the purpose of the funding.
  1. The total amount of spend in the last 5 years (from 2020 up to the present day) for grants, funding, donations, contracts, or any other financial support, membership fees or subscriptions to LGBT diversity schemes or programmes provided by your authority to organisations that work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, ace, pan or intersex people or any other related or associated equality issues.
  1. A breakdown, where held, of this spend for each year from 2020/2025 to 2025/2026. Ideally, please provide by calendar year. Please provide by fiscal year if you do not have it in calendar format.
  1. A breakdown, where held, of this funding by recipient organisation, including their name, amount provided for each year from 2020/2025 to 2025/6 and only if achievable within cost limit a brief description of what it was for (including, but not limited to: mental health support, equality training and education, awareness raising initiatives, youth projects, sport or health services).

Response:

Part One

  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.

Part Two

  1. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”) applies to information which is recorded in any form. We do not have a written definition denoting the word ‘woman’ for our organisation. As appropriate for the context and specific circumstances we refer to relevant legislation, as needed. We can confirm in terms of section 17 of FOISA that the information you request is not held.
  1. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”) applies to information which is recorded in any form.  We do not have a written definition denoting the terms ‘lesbian’, ‘bisexual’ and ‘gay’ which is formally used across the organisation. As appropriate for the context and specific circumstances we refer to relevant legislation, as needed. We can confirm in terms of section 17 of FOISA that the information you request is not held.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.
  1. Following a search of our records, we can confirm that we do not hold any information corresponding to this specific question within your request.

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