Discrimination complaints

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1995 

Version Date: 23/05/2024

The Policy and Professional Standards Departments have provided the following information.

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

Discrimination complaints	2021	2022	2023
Disability	1	4	11
Race or ethnicity	19	15	21
Sexual orientation	2	0	9

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

None for each year 

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.

Not applicable – See Q2 

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

Not applicable – See Q2

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

Not applicable – See Q2

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?

There is no specific policy regarding HIV discrimination.