On this page, you'll find an alphabetical list of all the public authorities who are covered not only by the general public sector equality duty (PSED), but also by the Scotland specific duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 as amended. For further information on who is covered solely by the general PSED, please see the Commission’s Technical Guidance on the PSED in Scotland.
Where public authorities belong to a clearly defined sector, such as licensing boards, this is listed in the second column of the table. This is intended to make it easier to find which authorities in that sector are covered.
We have collated a list of the relevant Regulations for the specific duties. View the relevant Regulations.
Board diversity duty
In 2016, there was an amendment to the PSED Specific Duties Regulations. This introduced a new duty on some authorities to:
- publish information on the number of men and women on their board
- a duty on the Scottish Government to collect information on the protected characteristics of board members of relevant authorities and share that information with those authorities
- for authorities to publish how they have used the information from the Scottish Government, and how they intend to use it, in taking steps to achieve diversity on their boards.
To date, the Scottish Government have not collected the information required for relevant authorities to use. Please check with the Scottish Government for further information on likely implementation dates.
Relevant authorities who are subject to the duty to publish information about the sex of their board members are indicated in the fourth column of the table.
Reporting schedules
Most listed authorities started their reporting in 2013 and publish every two or four years depending on the particular duty. Further authorities have been added by amendment to the Regulations, so report on different timescales.
We have set out the reporting schedules for each duty and authority. View the reporting schedules. Each public authority's reporting schedule is listed in the third column of the table below.
Listed authorities covered
Note: While the specific duties lie with Scottish Ministers, the term 'Scottish Ministers' includes all ministers and Scottish Government Executive Agencies. Current Scottish Executive Agencies are:
- Accountant in Bankruptcy
- Disclosure Scotland
- Education Scotland
- Forestry and Land Scotland
- Scottish Forestry
- Scottish Prison Service
- Scottish Public Pensions Agency
- Social Security Scotland
- Student Awards Agency for Scotland
- Transport Scotland
The reporting schedule for Scottish Ministers and Executive Agencies is included in the table below.
Note: Integration Joint Boards are covered by the specific duties. Integration Joint Boards are responsible for planning services for health and social care. These services are delivered through health and social care partnerships.
Note: The University of the Highlands and Islands is an integrated university encompassing both further and higher education, partnering with independent colleges within their regional structure. We have identified these colleges, which are also covered by the specific duties, below by including ‘UHI’ in their title.
|
Public Authority |
Sector |
Reporting schedule |
Subject to board diversity duty? |
|
Aberdeen City Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeen City Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeen City Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Aberdeen City Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire Central Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire North Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Aberdeenshire South Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Accounts Commission for Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Angus Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Angus Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Angus Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Angus Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Argyll and Bute Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Argyll and Bute Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Argyll and Bute Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Argyll and Bute Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Audit Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Ayrshire College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Bòrd na Gáidhlig |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Borders College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Cairngorms National Park Authority |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Care Inspectorate |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Central Scotland Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Children's Hearings Scotland |
B |
Yes |
|
|
City of Edinburgh Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
City of Edinburgh Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
City of Glasgow College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
City of Glasgow Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Clackmannanshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Clackmannanshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Clackmannanshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland |
A |
No |
|
|
Community Justice Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Community Justice Scotland (The Chief Officer of) |
A |
No |
|
|
Corseford School |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Craighalbert Centre (Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments) |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Creative Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Donaldson’s School (The Donaldson Trust) |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Dumfries and Galloway: Annandale and Eskdale Divisional Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway: Nithsdale Divisional Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway: Stewartry Divisional Licensing board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway: Wigtown Divisional Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Dumfries and Galloway Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Dundee and Angus College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Dundee City Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Dundee City Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Dundee City Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Dundee City Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
East Ayrshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
East Ayrshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
East Ayrshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
East Ayrshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
East Dunbartonshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
East Dunbartonshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
East Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
East Dunbartonshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
East Lothian Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
East Lothian Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
East Lothian Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
East Lothian Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
East Park School |
Grant aided schools |
A |
No |
|
East Renfrewshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
East Renfrewshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
East Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
East Renfrewshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Edinburgh College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Edinburgh Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Edinburgh’s Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Edinburgh Napier University |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Environmental Standards Scotland |
H |
Yes |
|
|
Falkirk Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Falkirk Council Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Falkirk Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Falkirk Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Fife College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Fife Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Fife Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Fife Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Fife Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Food Standards Scotland |
D |
No |
|
|
Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Glasgow Caledonian University |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Glasgow City Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Glasgow City Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Glasgow City Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Glasgow Clyde College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Glasgow Colleges’ Regional Board |
Further and higher education |
B |
Yes |
|
Glasgow Kelvin College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Glasgow School of Art |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Grampian Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Harmeny School (Harmeny Education Trust) |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
Heriot-Watt University |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Highland Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Highland Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Highland Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
Highland and Western Isles Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Historic Environment Scotland |
C |
Yes |
|
|
Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland) |
E |
Yes |
|
|
Inverclyde Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Inverclyde Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Inverclyde Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Inverclyde Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Inverness College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Jordanhill School |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Keeper of the Records of Scotland (The) |
A |
No |
|
|
Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (The) |
A |
No |
|
|
Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Lews Castle College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Lothian Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (The) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Midlothian Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Midlothian Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Midlothian Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Midlothian Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Moray College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Moray Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Moray Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Moray Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Moray Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
National Galleries of Scotland (Board of Trustees for) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
National Library of Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
National Museums of Scotland (Board of Trustees for) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
New College Lanarkshire |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Newbattle Abbey College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS 24 |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Ayrshire and Arran |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Borders |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Dumfries and Galloway |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Education for Scotland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Fife |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Forth Valley |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Grampian |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Highland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Lanarkshire |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Lothian |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS National Services Scotland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS National Waiting Times Centre |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Orkney |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Shetland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Tayside |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
NHS Eileanan Siar Western Isles |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
North Ayrshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
North Ayrshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
North Ayrshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
North Ayrshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
North East Scotland College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
North Highland College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
North Lanarkshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
North Lanarkshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
North Lanarkshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
North-East of Scotland Transport Partnership (NESTRANS) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
Open University in Scotland |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Orkney College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Orkney Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Orkney Islands Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Orkney Islands Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Perth and Kinross Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Perth and Kinross Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Perth and Kinross Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Perth College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Police Service of Scotland (The Chief Constable of the) |
Police and fire authorities |
A |
No |
|
Public Health Scotland |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland |
A |
No |
|
|
Renfrewshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Renfrewshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Renfrewshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Revenue Scotland |
B |
Yes |
|
|
Robert Gordon University |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Royal Blind School |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Scotland’s Rural College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Scottish Ambulance Service |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
Scottish Borders Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Scottish Borders Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Scottish Borders Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Scottish Borders Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (The) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Enterprise |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (The) |
Police and fire authorities |
A |
Yes |
|
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (The Chief Officer of the) |
Police and fire authorities |
A |
No |
|
Scottish Funding Council |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Legal Aid Board (The) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Ministers (see note about about Executive Agencies) |
A |
No |
|
|
Scottish National Investment Bank p.l.c. |
F |
Yes |
|
|
NatureScot (previously Scottish Natural Heritage) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Police Authority (The) |
Police and fire authorities |
A |
Yes |
|
Scottish Qualifications Authority |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Social Services Council (The) |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Scottish Water |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Shetland College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
Shetland Islands Area Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Shetland Islands Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Shetland Islands Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Shetland Islands Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Shetland Transport Partnership (ZetTrans) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
Skills Development Scotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
South Ayrshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
South Ayrshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
South Ayrshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
South Ayrshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
South Lanarkshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Licensing Division No 1. (Clydesdale) Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Licensing Division No. 2 (East Kilbride) Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Licensing Division No. 3 (Hamilton) Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
South Lanarkshire Licensing Division No. 4 (Rutherglen and Cambuslang) Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
South-East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SESTRAN) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
South-West of Scotland Transport Partnership (Swestrans) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
South of Scotland Enterprise |
G |
Yes |
|
|
sportscotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
Stanmore House School |
Grant aided schools |
A |
Yes |
|
State Hospitals Board for Scotland (The) |
Health boards and special health boards |
A |
Yes |
|
Stirling Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
Stirling Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Stirling Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
Tay Road Bridge Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (TACTRAN) |
Transport partnerships |
A |
Yes |
|
Tayside Valuation Joint Board |
Joint boards |
A |
No |
|
University of Aberdeen |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Abertay, Dundee |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Dundee |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Edinburgh |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Glasgow |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of St Andrews |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Stirling |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of Strathclyde |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of the Highlands and Islands |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
University of the West of Scotland |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
VisitScotland |
A |
Yes |
|
|
West College Scotland |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
West Dunbartonshire Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
West Dunbartonshire Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
West Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
West Dunbartonshire Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
West Highland College UHI |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
West Lothian College |
Further and higher education |
A |
Yes |
|
West Lothian Council |
Councils |
A |
No |
|
West Lothian Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
West Lothian Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
West Lothian Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
|
Western Isles Education Authority |
Education authorities |
A |
No |
|
Western Isles Integration Joint Board |
Integration Joint Boards |
B |
No |
|
Western Isles Licensing Board |
Licensing boards |
A |
No |
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Last updated: 15 Jun 2022