Scotland’s Redress Scheme Statistics December 2021 - June 2023

Equalities monitoring data

Gender, sexual orientation, and trans status

Equalities data was available for 290 applicants (12% of all 2,489 applicants). Completion of an equalities monitoring form (EMF) was optional. Whilst we cannot draw any conclusions from this sample across the whole population, of the 290 applicants who responded approximately 40% identified their gender as a woman and approximately 60% identified their gender as a man. A very small number of applicants described their gender identity as ‘other’ or preferred not say.

Applicants were also asked about their sexual orientation, with most applicants, almost 87%, describing themselves as heterosexual/straight and a smaller proportion of applicants describing themselves as gay/lesbian, bisexual, preferred not to say or ‘in another way’. A very small number of applicants described themselves to be a trans person.

Ethnic group and religion

Most (98%) of the 290 applicants for whom equalities data was available specified their ethnic group as White (White Scottish, White Other). A smaller proportion (2%) of applicants specified their ethnic background as Mixed or multiple ethnic groups, Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British, or preferred not to say.

Disability

A large proportion, almost 70%, of the 290 applicants for whom equalities data was available indicated that they have a disability (a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more). In terms of the areas affected by their disability, Chart 5 below shows the most affected areas.

Chart 5 Areas affected by disability [Note 1].

Number of areas affected by applicant’s disability.

[Note 1] Respondents were asked to select all that apply meaning that the total numbers in the chart exceed the number of applicants.