FOI Discrimination Complaints (104-2024/25)
Request
Q1. 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
Q2. How many complaints were reported to your organisation about discrimination related to a person’s HIV status in:
a) 2021
b) 2022
c) 2023
Q3. 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.
Q4. If HIV-related discrimination complaints were reported to your organisation, were they reported by?
(a) Members of the public.
(b) Employees of your organisation
Q5. If HIV-related discrimination complaints were reported to your organisation, how many complaints were upheld?
Q6. 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
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of discrimination complaints received by North Yorkshire Police from 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2023, broken down by discrimination type and year.
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Disability |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
Race / Ethnicity |
7 |
6 |
7 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
7 |
10 |
13 |
Q2. 0
Q3. N/A
Q4. N/A
Q5. N/A
Q6. No information held – complaints of discrimination are dealt with equally, no matter what the alleged discrimination type is. Further information can be found on the following link. Overview | North Yorkshire Police
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.