FOI 165_Gender balance and Register of interest of Board

Request:

1. How many women are now on the board of your organisation and how many people of other genders are there?
2. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a woman or someone of another gender?
3. What is the current median FTE pay for men and women in the organisation
4. Please supply the names of everyone currently on the board along with their registers of interest and the date that their register was last updated
5. Please supply details of any payments made to any of the board members in the last 12 months, and a summary of the purpose of each payment.

Response:

1. Crown Estate Scotland does not have any recorded information on how many women are on our board (section 17(1)(b) under FOISA).  We do not collect information on gender identification preference for our board members.  Therefore, any numbers provided would be based on assumptions.  You can learn more about each board member on our website: https://www.crownestatescotland.com/about-us/structure-governance
2. Crown Estate Scotland does not have any recorded information on the gender of our Chair (Section 17(1)(b) under FOISA).   We do not collection information on gender identification preference for our Chair.  You can learn more about our Chair on our website: https://www.crownestatescotland.com/about-us/structure-governance
3. The median salary for staff is: Male - £58,609, female - £45,055

Please note that until around January 2019 we have started to ask new starters to indicate their gender.  There are other staff who have started with the organisation prior to then where they have not asked staff to self-identify their gender; therefore, some of the information is based on assumptions of staff members’ gender identity.

4. This information can be found on our website:

https://www.crownestatescotland.com/bundles/app/downloads/60643d4d0e369_CES%20Board%20-%20Register%20of%20Interests%20March%202021.pdf

It was last updated 8 March 2021

5. The below table are business expense claims placed from our Board in the past 12 months (March 2020 until March 2021)

Below are the rates for our Chair and Board: