1)Please provide me details of places, including public buildings, meeting rooms etc that have replaced, or plan to replace the words: man, men, father, dad, mankind and other male-related words with gender-neutral terms?
We do not hold this information.
2) Please provide me with details of the costs of making these changes?
We do not hold this information.
3) Please provide me details of any council guidance on the replacement of the words man, men, father, dad, mankind and other male-related words and their replacement with gender-neutral terms?
4) Please provide with an example of a council report or publication that has replaced the words man, men, father, dad, mankind and other male-related words with a gender-neutral term?
We have replaced the word ” Chairman” with Chair in our Constitution and in all our County Council agendas, minutes and reports published on our public website via the links below:
Council committee minutes and agendas
The Procedures minutes which details this is published on our public website, via the link provided.
5) Please provide me with details about the amount of money you authority has spent on combatting domestic abuse over each of the last 5 complete financial years, including money spent on shelters/refuges. I would like this broken down by sex?
Devon County Council contribution to delivering the Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse strategy for the following years –
2015/16 – £825,456
2016/17 – £825,463
2017/18 – £800,000
We do not hold identifiable data for 2014 -2015 or 2018 – 2019.
We do not break this data down by gender, therefore we do not hold that information.
6) Please provide me with details about any initiatives that have been launched to reduce male suicide over the last three years?
Care and health Suicide Prevention spreadsheet
Suicide prevention – confidential helplines and support
Suicide awareness – Devon Children and Families Partnership
Suicide Awareness – Devon Safeguarding Adults Partnership
Devon STP Suicide Prevention Strategic Statement 2018
Devon Suicide Prevention Implementation Plan 2018 – 2019
7) Please provide me with details about any initiatives that have been launched to reduce female suicide over the last three years?
Please see the response to the previous question.
8) Please provide me with details of events held by your council, in the last three years that promote positive male role models, fatherhood and marriage?
We do not hold any information about events held by Devon County Council in the last three years that specifically promotes male role models, fatherhood and marriage.