Date of Request
January 24
Request
Dear Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please provide me the following:
I am seeking information relating to the costs of Equality and Diversity Training within the in the 2022 Financial Year.
A list of all official equality, diversity and inclusion events held by Civil Servants in the Department from 1 July 2023-31st December 2023. For these events, please put the date and time scheduled and for how long.
Yours faithfully,
Response
Dear X
Thank you for your request for information, which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to your request.
The Service can confirm that the costs related to your questions around EDI Training are as below:
EDI training events attended by staff from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023, with costs, dates and duration are as follows:-
| Conference related to EDI | |||
| 22/11/23 – 23/11/23 | AFSA Winter Conference | 2 days duration | 520.00 |
| Accommodation to attend conference (2 nights) | 774.00 | ||
| Total cost for attendance | 1,294.00 | ||
| 05/09/23 | HeforShe Event hosted by West Mercia Police | 1 day | free |
| 21/09/23 | NFCC Menopause in Fire Conference | 1 day | 2,100 |
| 25/10/23 | ‘Lift as you climb’ Development Day hosted by Women@hwfire (women’s staff network) | 1 day | £614 |
| Date | Training | Length of session | Cost |
| 12/09/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 13/09/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 17/10/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 18/10/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 27/11/2023 | EDI Training Session | 3 hours | £600 |
| 28/11/223 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 29/11/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 30/11/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 30/11/2023 | EDI Training Session | 3 hours | £600 |
| 04/12/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 04/12/2023 | EDI Training Session | 3 hours | £600 |
| 05/12/2023 | EDI Training Session | One day | £895 |
| 12/12/2023 | EDI Training Session | 30 minutes | £195 |
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Kind regards
Information Governance Team