Human Rights due diligence: FOI release (reference 4903)

21 May 2021

18 June 2021

I would like to request copies of the human rights due diligence checks carried out after 1 October 2020 on the companies in receipt of Scottish Enterprise support that are involved in the arms trade.

Scottish Enterprise works with both indigenous businesses and international companies with a base in Scotland and our support is focused on specific projects undertaken at those Scottish sites. The aerospace, defence and shipbuilding companies with whom we work employ tens of thousands of people across Scotland, and our aim is to help them to diversify their activities with a view to sustaining and growing employment. Our funding does not support the manufacture of munitions.

Scottish Enterprise can confirm that of the human rights due diligence checks carried out since 1 October 2020, for companies in receipt of Scottish Enterprise support, none have involved companies relevant to your request.