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Scottish Police Authority Chair’s report on Police Scotland recording policy
Introduction At this week’s Scottish Police Authority Board meeting (26 September), Board Members will question the Chief Constable on Police Scotland’s recording policy on sex and gender. The current...
25th September 2024
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Police Scotland statements on its recording policy: A timeline (updated May 2025)
Introduction Since 2019 Police Scotland has made various statements explaining and defending its policy in relation to recording the sex of suspects. This blog brings these together. This includes...
24th September 2024
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Registered sex offenders without a sex
This blog looks at Police Scotland recording policy as it applies to sexual offending statistics, and how Registered Sex Offenders are recorded under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
19th September 2024
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Is Police Scotland recording policy an ‘operational matter’?
Introduction In June 2021 we lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, calling on the Scottish Parliament ‘to urge the Scottish Government to require...
13th September 2024
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‘Promoting a strong sense of belonging’? Police Scotland policy on recording rape does not take women’s interests seriously
Petition on accurately recording rape In June 2021 we lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, calling on the Scottish Parliament ‘to urge...
8th September 2024
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Report: ‘Taking stock of Athena Swan: What value does it add and who decides?’
Today we are publishing a report on the Athena Swan Charter scheme, which we prepared on behalf of the Women’s Equality and Inequality Programme at Oxford University. Our analysis,...
28th August 2024
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Letter to the Secretary of State with responsibility for women and equalities: GRA reform – lessons from Scotland
On 23 July 2024, we wrote to the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State with responsibility for women and equalities. In light of the Labour Party’s manifesto...
25th July 2024
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Why Police Scotland should review its non-crime hate incident records
Introduction Since the commencement of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, Police Scotland has published weekly statistics on the operation of the Act. The weekly reports also...
1st July 2024
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2024 UK general election party manifesto commitments on GRA reform
References to reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 or women’s sex-based rights under the Equality Act 2010: Conservatives It has been more than a decade since the Equality...
1st July 2024
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Sex in the Equality Act: issues and choices for political parties
This posts considers why the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act is properly an election issue, the options for political parties, and what we know about what the...
12th June 2024