FOI REF: FOI/2022/4725
You asked
I would like :
1a) To know if any correspondence from any Government minister (any Minister of the Crown) - particularly searching for Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE, Liz Truss MP, Nadhim Zahawi MP and Oliver Dowden MP - has been received on the issue of Office for National Statistics' relationship or potential future relationship with Stonewall?
1b) If such correspondence exists, to disclose the correspondence and any response from the Office for National Statistics.
2a) To know if the Office for National Statistics is currently or ever has been in the Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme.
2b) if a previous member, please disclose the dates of membership. if a current member please indicate if you intend to continue.
3a) To know if any other Members of the House of Commons, Members of the House of Lords, or pressure groups have contacted you in the last two years to pressure, persuade or otherwise lobby you to change your relationship with Stonewall.
3b) To name these.
We said
Thank you for your request.
1a. Nil
1b. Nil
2a. ONS is not currently a member of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme but has been a member in the past.
2b. Information pertaining to dates of membership can be found in a previously answered FOI response: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/onsstonewallmembership.
Our membership with the Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme ended in 2022.
3a. Nil
3b. Nil