FOI Request - National AIDS Trust

Request 101003558310

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 24-05-2024

1. Complaints received by the schools re discrimination:

* Please note, numbers between 1 and 5 have been redacted (*) as release of the low numbers may result in the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt from release under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal information.

a) -c) Not held. The records do not specify the nature of the discrimination. No other records of complaints about discrimination are held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2. a) -c) 0

3. a) - e) Not applicable

4. a) - b) Not applicable

5. Not applicable

6. No