The Public Sector Equality Duty Composite Report 2025
Contents
- Mainstreaming Equality Report 2023-25
- NLC Equality Strategy 2019-2024
- Governance
- Fairer Scotland Duty
- Equality in the Council's Procurement Function
- Education
- North Lanarkshire Licensing Board
- NLC Employment
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2021-2025 Progress Report
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 1 to 3
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 4 to 6
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 7 to 9
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-2029
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 1 to 3
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 4 to 6
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 7 to 10
- Next Steps
- NLC Employment Information
- NLC Employment Information - Sex
- NLC Employment Information - Disability
- NLC Employment Information - Ethnicity
- NLC Employment Information - Age
- NLC Employment Information - Sexual Orientation
- NLC Employment Information - Gender Reassignment
- NLC Employment Information - Religion and Belief
- NLC Employment Information - Marriage and Civil Partnership
- NLC Employment Information - Pregnancy and Maternity
- Occupational Segregation – Grades and Occupations – sex, disability and ethnicity
- NLC Equal Pay Statement
NLC Employment Information - Religion and Belief
Composition of the workforce by religion
|
Unknown |
6101 (36.25%) |
|---|---|
|
Buddhist |
9 (0.05%) |
|
Church of Scotland |
2096 (12.45%) |
|
Hindu |
15 (0.09%) |
|
Humanist |
21 (0.12%) |
|
Jewish |
<5 (0.01%) |
|
Muslim |
72 (0.43%) |
|
None |
3615 (21.48%) |
|
Other Christian |
449 (2.67%) |
|
Other religion |
52 (0.31%) |
|
Pagan |
16 (0.10%) |
|
Prefer not to answer |
589 (3.50%) |
|
Roman Catholic |
3788 (22.51%) |
|
Sikh |
5 (0.03%) |
Comment: Employees of the Roman Catholic faith (22.5%) remain the largest religious group in the Council followed by Church of Scotland (12.45%) More than 1/5 of employees have no religious faith and for 36.2% of our workforce we have no information.
0.6% of employees describe their faith as Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh or Hindu.
Leavers by Religion
|
Buddhist |
<5 |
|---|---|
|
Church of Scotland |
176 |
|
Hindu |
<5 |
|
Humanist |
<5 |
|
Muslim |
11 |
|
None |
280 |
|
Other Christian |
35 |
|
Other Religion |
5 |
|
Pagan |
<5 |
|
Prefer not to answer |
57 |
|
Roman Catholic |
285 |
|
Sikh |
<5 |
|
Not Known |
789 |
Promotions by religion in 2024 by number and %
|
Church of Scotland |
37 (14.86%) |
|---|---|
|
Muslim |
5 (2.01%) |
|
Other Christian |
9 (3.61%) |
|
Pagan |
<5 (0.40%) |
|
Roman Catholic |
69 (27.71%) |
|
None |
81 (32.53%) |
|
Prefer not to answer |
11 (4.42%) |
|
Unknown |
36 (14.46%) |
|
Total |
249 (100%) |
Nearly one-third of promotions were to people with no religion.
Applications - Smarter Working – Religion number and %
|
Church of Scotland |
62 (13.20%) |
|---|---|
|
Humanist |
<5 (0.21%) |
|
Muslim |
<5 (0.42%) |
|
None |
91 (19.36%) |
|
Other Christian |
13 (2.77%) |
|
Other Religion |
<5 (0.21%) |
|
Pagan |
<5 (0.21%) |
|
Roman Catholic |
90 (19.16%) |
|
Prefer not to Answer |
12 (2.55%) |
|
Not Known |
197 (41.91%) |
|
Grand Total |
470 (100%) |
