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Date of Screening:
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Directorate: Delivery
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Section: Contract
Services
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1. Activity to
be assessed
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Please give full details
of the activity – Car parking charges for four town centre
car parks (The Avenue, Weather Way, Braccan Walk, High Street)
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2. What is the
activity?
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Policy/strategy
Function/procedure
Project
Review
Service Organisational
change
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3. Is it a new
or existing activity?
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New Existing
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4. Officer
responsible for the screening
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Louise Watkins
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5. Who are the
members of the screening team?
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As above
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6. What is the
purpose of the activity?
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To review the town centre car parking charges
in four locations. Parking charges to be effective from
1st Oct 2021 and reviewed annually in line with the
opening of the Lexicon. Payment methods are not changing so
customers can continue to use cash, credit card or cashless (app
payments).
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7. Who is the
activity designed to benefit/target?
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Any car park user of the four locations.
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Protected
Characteristics
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Please tick
yes or no
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Is there an impact?
What kind of equality impact may
there be? Is the impact positive or adverse or is there a potential
for both?
If the impact is neutral please
give a reason.
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What evidence do you
have to support this?
E.g. equality monitoring data, consultation
results, customer satisfaction information etc
Please add a narrative to justify
your claims around impacts and describe the analysis and
interpretation of evidence to support your conclusion as this will
inform members decision making, include consultation
results/satisfaction information/equality monitoring
data
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8. Disability Equality – this can include
physical, mental health, learning or sensory disabilities and
includes conditions such as dementia as well as hearing or sight
impairment.
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as
any increase is applied to all users
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Disabled blue
badge holders do not have free concessions and are required to make
payment for their parking.
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9. Racial
equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any
increase is applied to all users
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10. Gender
equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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11. Sexual
orientation equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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12. Gender
re-assignment
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as
any increase is applied to all users
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13. Age
equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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14. Religion and
belief equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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15. Pregnancy and
maternity equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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16. Marriage and
civil partnership equality
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Y
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N
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Neutral impact as any increase is
applied to all users
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17. Please give
details of any other potential impacts on any other group (e.g.
those on lower incomes/carers/ex-offenders, armed forces
communities) and on promoting good community
relations.
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As above
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18. If an adverse/negative impact has been identified
can it be justified on grounds of promoting equality of opportunity
for one group or for any other reason?
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N/A
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19. If there is
any difference in the impact of the activity when considered for
each of the equality groups listed in 8 – 14 above; how
significant is the difference in terms of its nature and the number
of people likely to be affected?
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N/A
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20. Could the
impact constitute unlawful discrimination in relation to any of the
Equality Duties?
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Y
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N
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Please
explain for each equality group
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21. What
further information or data is required to better understand the
impact? Where and how can that information be obtained?
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N/A
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22. On the
basis of sections 7 – 17 above is a full impact assessment
required?
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Y
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N
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Please explain your decision. If
you are not proceeding to a full equality impact assessment make
sure you have the evidence to justify this decision should you be
challenged.
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23. If a full impact assessment is not
required; what actions will you take to reduce or remove any
potential differential/adverse impact, to further promote equality
of opportunity through this activity or to obtain further
information or data? Please complete the action plan in
full, adding more rows as needed.
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Action
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Timescale
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Person
Responsible
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Milestone/Success
Criteria
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24. Which
service, business or work plan will these actions be included
in?
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Parking management and enforcement.
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25. Please list the
current actions undertaken to advance equality or examples of good
practice identified as part of the screening?
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No change to any service as a result of these changes.
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26. Assistant
director’s signature.
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Signature:
D.W.James
Date: 18th August 2021
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