FOI 696/26

Request

I would like to request the following information regarding Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI/EDI) roles within South Wales Police:

1. A list of all current posts / positions whose primary or significant responsibility is Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, EDI, or similar functions (including any roles such as Head of EDI, EDI Officers, Positive Action Officers, Diversity Advisors, etc.).

For each position, please provide:

• Job title
• Grade / pay band / salary range (or actual salary if available)
• Whether the post is full-time, part-time, or fixed-term
• Date the post was created

2. The current ethnicity breakdown (using the standard UK Census categories, e.g. White British, White Other, Asian, Black, Mixed, Other, Prefer not to say) of all staff currently employed in the above DEI/EDI roles.
3. The total annual cost to South Wales Police of these DEI/EDI positions (salary + on-costs) for the most recent financial year available.

Response

We have consulted with our Human Resources (HR) and Finance departments who have provided the following information in relation to your request.

Question 1

Please see the attached ‘Pay Scales’ pdf detailing the conversions from grade to salary.

Question 2

Your request for information has now been considered, and I am not obliged to supply the information you have requested.

In relation to this part of your request, the following exemption applies: 

Section 40(2) - Personal Information 

Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption and therefore the authority is not required to consider the public interest in disclosure. 

The Data Protection Act covers processing of personal data about a living individual. Personal data means data which relate to a living individual who can be identified- 

1. from those data, or 
2. from those data and other information which is in the possession of,or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual.

   Information will “relate to” a person if it is about them, linked to them, has some biographical significance for them, is used to inform decisions affecting them, has them as its main focus or impacts on them in any way. 

     

   If we disclosed these details, this would provide significant detail which could identify an individual and would breach the first principle of the Data Protection Act 2018. 

     

   In accordance with the Act, this letter represents a refusal notice for this part of your request.

    

   Question 3

    

   The total annual cost to South Wales Police for all positions with a significant DEI/EDI element for the 2025/2026 financial year was £882,812.08.