In Scotland, it is part of the equality duties to publish a report on equality policies and their consequences every four years, collect staff data staff on diversity and make them available to the public. Every two years the authorities must publish information on gender inequality, make statements about pay inequality and publish them every four years. Equality criteria must then be included in public procurement. Thus, Scottish legislation includes duties that are not included in the English and Welsh legislation.

In a study published in 2013, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found that only one in three authorities published robust equality outcomes that were both clear and measurable. In June 2014, the Equality Commission launched a training program that directly assisted the most hopeful 45 authorities in assessing their equality policies. The program consisted of a combination of seminars, mutual support, targeted support from Commission staff and a self-assessment tool.

As a reason for inadequate data, the Commission listed the general unfamiliarity with the computer systems used to collect and analyse staff data, a low rate of publication of employee data and difficulties in matching employee data with local population data. In addition, identified problem areas are a corporate culture that does not prioritise equality efforts, insufficient knowledge of equality policies, pay inequality, the labour market gender distribution and unequal treatment.