Religion

Existing workforce

Religion of NSS employees - existing workforce - data as at 31 December 2009

Religion	Headcount
Buddhist	X
Christian (other)	164
Church Of Scotland	417
Declined	19
Hindu	X
Jewish	X
Muslim	17
No religion	521
Other	35
No information held	2256
Roman Catholic	221
Sikh	X
TOTAL	3663

X indicates less than 5 in a grouping and totals unknown

The majority of the NSS workforce have not declared what their religion is.

Recruitment

Religion profile of NSS employees - recruitment - data as at 31 December 2009

Religion	Applications Requested	Applications Received	Shortlist	Pre Interview	Post Interview	Conditional Offer	References	Successful
Buddhism	18	18	17	8	7	4	4	8
Church Of Scotland	942	876	848	316	272	116	113	226
Hinduism	97	98	97	17	14	2	1	2
Judaism	11	10	10	7	6	4	4	8
Islam	26	25	24	9	8	3	3	6
Roman Catholic	562	513	496	155	126	49	47	101
Sikhism	9	10	11	5	4	0	0	0
Christianity (other)	357	332	317	112	89	33	31	62
Other faith / belief	186	175	169	45	41	14	15	30
No religion	819	743	725	321	268	107	104	221
Prefer not to answer	5,386	3,557	1,968	702	592	203	196	391
TOTAL	8,413	6,357	4,682	1,697	1,427	535	518	1,055

The information has been attained from the Equality and Diversity questionnaire attached to the job application form.

Employment monitoring statistics

• Employment monitoring: Age
• Employment monitoring: Disability
• Employment monitoring: Gender
• Employment monitoring: Race
• Employment monitoring: Religion
• Employment monitoring: Sexual Orientation