FOI21/22 063 Harassment Complaints

Date published: 31/08/2021

I am looking for information about sexual harassment complaints. Please could you provide me with the following:

1.   How many civil servants have made complaints that they have been sexually harassed by another civil servant/staff member in the last three calendar years (up to and including August 2021)? To be clear, I’m asking for information for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Please could you break this information down by year and gender.

2.      How many civil servants/staff have faced civil service disciplinary investigations as a result of a sexual harassment claim made against them by a civil servant in the last three calendar years (up to and including August 2021)? Please could you break this information down by year, gender. In each case, please could you state whether any misconduct was found and, if so, what type of disciplinary action was taken including verbal/written/final warnings, suspension, dismissal etc.

3.      Please could you state in any of the cases above whether the police was notified of the staff member’s sexual harassment complaint/if any investigation/charges were brought. Please could you break this information down by year.

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