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Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Sep. 19 2024

Source Page: Reports regarding Ending Conversion Practices consultation: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202400422074 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: The group expressed an understanding for parents wanting to protect their child from bullying or not


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Education

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: commissioner's report
Document: (PDF)

Found: staff and partners have frequently used similar words to describe the culture, including ‘fear’ , ‘bullying


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400392694 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: coincided with a letter from a PA to Caroline Lamb, DG Health & Social Care, highlighting perceived bullying


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Breaches of the Ministerial Code: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401399 - Information released - ANNEX A (PDF)

Found: I found that intimidation and bullying was first and foremost in the minds of those in charge of the


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Recruitment of Expert Working Group on Ending Conversion Practices members: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400393491 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 13 (PDF)

Found: embedding LGBT inclusive education across the school curricu lum in order to promote equality, reducing bullying


Deposited Papers

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Independent investigation of the National Health Service in England. Including summary letter from Lord Darzi to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. 163p.
Document: Darzi-Independent-Investigation.pdf (PDF)

Found: there were “too many reports to ignore of poor behavioural cultures and incidences of discrimination, bullying


Written Question
Ministers: Training
Monday 16th September 2024

Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1244 on Ministers: Training, whether those induction briefings included guidance on (a) anti-bullying, (b) allyship and (c) unconscious bias.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

All Ministers have received induction briefings to support them in their ministerial duties. Typically, this would include information on their areas of responsibility, ethics and standards, security, managing public money and legislation.


Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-29207
Friday 13th September 2024

Asked by: Eagle, Tim (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Highlands and Islands)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of bullying have been reported by its civil servants in each year since 2021.

Answered by Forbes, Kate - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic

As an employer, the Scottish Government is committed to ensuring the workplace is free from bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisation, where work related concerns, problems or issues can be raised and responded to.

Under the Scottish Government's grievance policy, line managers are expected to deal with concerns about inappropriate behaviour at an early stage and on an informal basis, where appropriate.

The number of formal complaints about bullying reported by civil servants in the Scottish Government since 2021 is provided in the following table:

Number of formal complaints of bullying reported by Scottish Government civil servants

2021

2022

2023

2024

(from 1 January to 20 August 2024)

Total

4

2

4

2

12

The figures provided in our response to this question only cover staff working in the following core Scottish Government business areas:

Director-General Communities

Director-General Corporate

Director-General Economy

Director-General Education and Justice

Director-General Health and Social Care

Director-General Net Zero

Director-General Scottish Exchequer

Director-General Strategy and External Affairs


Parliamentary Research
Sanctions, International Law, and Seizing Russian Assets - CBP-10034
Sep. 12 2024

Found: Unilateral coercive measures and the bullying of certain countries do not help solve problems, he said


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Employment Appeal Tribunal

Sep. 12 2024

Source Page: Leicester City Council v Mr John Gibbin: [2024] EAT 138
Document: Leicester City Council v Mr John Gibbin: [2024] EAT 138 (PDF)

Found: He applied to move to an apprentice role but that was refused and that too, he perceived as being bullying