Publications

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 was introduced to give people access to information held by Scottish public authorities. Under the Act, Lothian and Borders Police Board is required to produce a Publication Scheme.

View FOI publication scheme or make a request

Equality Scheme

MS Word document Lothian and Borders Police Equality Scheme 2005- 2008 (Word, 671kb)
PDF Lothian and Borders Police Equality Scheme 2005- 2008 (PDF, 417kb)

Gender Equality Scheme

The Board has a duty under the Equality Act 2006 to promote gender equality. As part of its duty the Board has published its Gender Equality Scheme which sets out how the Board will assess, monitor and promote gender equality.

MS Word document Gender Equality Scheme 2008-2011 including Action Plan for 2008/2009 (Word, 84kb)
PDF Gender Equality Scheme 2008-2011 including Action Plan for 2008/2009 (PDF, 61kb)

Race Equality Scheme

The Board has a duty under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 to promote race equality. As part of its duty the Board has published its Race Equality Scheme which sets out how the Board will assess, monitor and promote race equality.

MS Word document Annual Review of Scheme and Action Plan 2008/2009 (Word, 76kb)
PDF Annual Review of Scheme and Action Plan 2008/2009 (PDF, 61kb)

MS Word document Annual Review of Race Equality Scheme 2006/2007 (Word, 99kb)
PDF Annual Review of Race Equality Scheme 2006/2007 (PDF, 51kb)
MS Word document LBPB Action Plan 2006/2007 (Word, 43kb)
PDF LBPB Action Plan 2006/2007 (PDF, 17kb)

MS Word document LBPB Race Equality Scheme 2002-2005 (Word, 52kb)
PDF LBPB Race Equality Scheme 2002-2005 (PDF, 32kb)
MS Word document LBPB Action Plan 2002-2005 (Word, 48kb)
PDF LBPB Action Plan 2002-2005 (PDF, 27kb)

Disability Equality Scheme

Under the Disability Discrimination Act, all public authorities have a duty to promote disability equality. This means that the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service must be proactive and adopt a positive approach, giving equal importance to disability equality in its strategic planning and delivery of services

MS Word document Annual Review of Scheme and Action Plan 2008/2009 (Word, 99kb)
PDF Annual Review of Scheme and Action Plan 2008/2009 (PDF, 70kb)

MS Word document Report to the Board asking for agreement to draft scheme 2007 (Word, 56kb)
PDF Report to the Board asking for agreement to draft scheme 2007 (PDF, 25kb)

MS Word document Disability Equality Scheme 2006-2009 (Word, 150kb)
PDF Disability Equality Scheme 2006-2009 (PDF, 73kb)

National Training Day: 27 June 2007

MS Powerpoint The Scottish Government's perspective and priorities (Powerpoint, 29kb)
PDF The Scottish Government's perspective and priorities (PDF, 18kb)
MS Powerpoint Governing the Scottish Police (Powerpoint, 274kb)
PDF Governing the Scottish Police (PDF, 69kb)
MS Powerpoint Functions of a Police Authority (Powerpoint, 4mb)
PDF Functions of a Police Authority (PDF, 130kb)
PDF Scottish Policing Performance Framework (PDF, 1Mb)