Report Summary
Issued 20 August 2025, this FOI response provides some of the information requested on police officer ethnicity and religion and explains that other information is not held by the Scottish Police Authority. Advice is provided that information may be held by Police Scotland.
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Response
The Scottish Police Authority has considered your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).
In terms of parts one and three of your request, the Authority holds some of the information requested, for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 only.
The public sector equality duty requires authorities to publish annual employee information in relation to protected characteristics. Police Scotland’s most recent Equality and Diversity Employment Monitoring Report for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 is available on the Authority’s website. This provides information on police officers by ethnic group.
To assist, a link is also provided to Police Scotland’s equality and diversity employment monitoring reporting for previous years, which is available on their website.
In terms of parts two and four of your request, the Authority does not hold the information requested. To explain, Equality and Diversity Employment Monitoring reporting does not break down religion categories specific to ‘muslim’.
Information may be available by contacting Police Scotland at foi@scotland.police.uk
You may also wish to refer to Police Scotland’s Disclosure Log.
