FOI - Policy decisions on GLA engagement with Stonewall [Jan 2021]

Your request

Any documents in 2020 or 2021 that detail GLA overarching policy decisions made relating to the sponsorship of or use of paid services or consultancy of the charity Stonewall.

This is not an exhaustive request for documentation relating to individual contracts with Stonewall, but if there have been any broader policy decisions documented about engagement with Stonewall this would be relevant.

Our response

I can confirm that the GLA holds information within the scope of your request. The information relates to the GLA’s Diversity and Inclusion Management Board.

Please find the information attached, summarised below:

1. Agenda item from DIMB meeting 26 February 2020 (update regarding high-level
Stonewall index results and recommendation to submit to Stonewall again in 2021).

2. Agenda item from DIMB meeting 8 April 2020 (LGBTQ+ Action Plan 2020 – updated
Action Plan following Stonewall review).

3. LGBTQ+ Action Plan 2020-2021.

4. Extract from minutes of DIMB meeting 14 July 2021 (item 6).

5. Agenda item 6 from DIMB meeting 14 July 2021 (DIMB Stonewall Update – paper
recommending GLA submit to Stonewall in 2021).

We have redacted some information which is exempt under Section 41 (information provided in confidence) and Section 43(2) (commercial interests). The redacted information relates to Workplace Equality Index (WEI) feedback.

For more information about these exemptions and how they are engaged, please see Annex A at the end of this letter.

Please note that some names of members of staff are exempt from disclosure under Regulation 13 (personal information) of the EIR.

Information that identifies specific employees constitutes personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting
reference MGLA240821-1384.