Category: Scottish Government guidance on data collection
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MBM letter to EHRC Scotland
We were invited by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to participate in an online roundtable to discuss the preliminary findings in Scotland related to the protected characteristics...
25th April 2023
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Diminishing the value of public sector data: How the Chief Statistician’s guidance lost sight of biological sex
Diminishing the value of public sector data: How the Chief Statistician’s guidance lost sight of biological sex UPDATE: We received a letter from the Commission yesterday evening which confirmed...
4th November 2021
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MBM response to the Scottish Government guidance on collecting data on sex, gender identity and trans status
The burden of proof that data on sex no longer matters lies with the Scottish Government. Ignoring the advice of academic data experts, the Scottish Government has provided none.
22nd September 2021
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Letter to Scotland’s Chief Statistician on the Working group on sex and gender identity in data (20 January 2020)
20 January 2020 Dear Roger, Thank you for meeting us last week to discuss our views on sex and gender data, and your plans for making recommendations for Ministers....
30th May 2021
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MBM response to the Chief Statistician’s Working Group on sex and gender identity data
In December 2020 the Scottish Government published the Chief Statistician’s draft guidance on the collection of data on sex and gender for public bodies. The draft guidance advises that...
28th May 2021