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FOI - White men working in science and engineering tweet [Apr 2021]

Key information

Request reference number: MGLA150321-8371

Date of response:

Summary of request

“Please can you handle the following request in accordance with Freedom of Information legislation. On Saturday 13th March, the following was tweeted from the Mayor’s official Twitter account:

"There's no good reason why 65% of people working in science and engineering should be white men. Inequality costs people's futures & the economy billions. We’re working on fixing it. So far we've helped 10,000 young Londoners learn these subjects so they can follow their dreams."

Please can you detail all the steps, including the departments involved, which were taken prior to the tweet being sent to check that the content of this tweet iis in compliance with the Equality Act 2010 including the Public Sector Equality Duty (the Equality Duty) as created by that Act. 

Please can you also provide copies of all internal correspondence (including emails) which relate to the publishing of this tweet and to demonstrate the checks that were made in accordance the Equality Act 2010”

Related documents

MGLA150321-8371 - FOI response

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