We are committed to ensuring that our employment practices are fair, inclusive and lawful and collecting diversity information helps us to check the impact of our business practices on different groups. we use the information you provide solely to help us to review the way that we do things, in order to ensure that everyone is being treated fairly and equally. We therefore ask job applicants and our employee's to provide information relating to aspects of their diversity including their ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability and gender identity. It is important that we ensure our decisions and business practices are free from bias, are non-discriminatory and are lawful. While it is voluntary to disclose this type of information, your doing so will help us to ensure that we create an environment where everyone feels they are welcome, valued, respected, belong and that they enjoy equal opportunities. We recognise that you may have some concerns about why the information is being requested, how it will be used, or how it will be stored. We would like to assure you that: - The diversity related information we request will be used solely for the purposes of ensuring everyone is being treated equally and fairly - It is used only to check the fairness and inclusiveness of our policies, procedures and practices - The statistics we compile are not linked to the names of the individuals who provide the data - The information you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence and will always be collected, managed, stored and protected in line with the requirements of the general data protection regulations 2018