Decision details
Equalities Reporting 2018/19
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Council Strategy and Community Cohesion
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To approve the publication of workforce and
service based equality information which the Council is required to
produce annually. To report on the progress against actions in the
“All of Us” Equality Scheme 2018/19.
Decision:
i. Progress in implementing the Council’s “All of Us” Equality Scheme 2017-20 is noted.
ii. The Equality Scheme Monitoring Report 2018-19 at and the council’s Equality Monitoring reports for 2018-19 attached at B are approved for publication on the council’s website.
iii. thet‘All of Us’ Equality Scheme 2017-2020 containing our equalities objectives is refreshed and extended until March 2021.
Reasons for the decision:
1. The Council is committed to reviewing its performance in implementing its Equality Scheme annually. This report highlights and reviews the progress made in implementing the scheme during 2018-19 and includes the council’s equality monitoring information reports for 2018-19.
The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 outline the specific duties that the council are required to meet to demonstrate its compliance with its equality duties to have due regard to:
§ Eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation
§ Advancing equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not
§ Fostering good relations between those with a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not.
These duties include publishing equality information annually by the end of January each year.
2. The ‘All of Us’ Equality Scheme developed in 2017 which contains the Council’s equality objectives was due to be replaced for April 2020. Following the May 2019 local elections, the Council’s new administration have been developing a new Council Plan which is due to come into effect in February 2020. Therefore, the new strategic framework was not in place in 2019-20 to enable the development of the new equality scheme and objectives. A new equality scheme will be developed during 2020-21 for 2021-25 and commence in April 2021. In the meantime, the existing 2017-2020 equality scheme will be refreshed with updated actions and extended to cover 2020-21.
Alternative options considered:
The Council has a duty to advance equality of opportunity, eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation and foster good relations between people. The “All of Us” Equality Scheme has been developed to demonstrate how the Council is advancing equality.
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
None
Reason Key: Affects more than 1 ward;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Financial Impact: All activity was supported by existing budgets.
Declarations: None
Subject to Urgent Proceedings: No
Making Representations: In writing to the Chief Executive
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Through consultation meetings and by
email.
Consultees
The council's equality group and departmental
management teams.
Contact: Samantha Wood, Community Engagement and Equalities Officer Email: samantha.wood@bracknell-forest.gov.uk Tel: 01344 353315.
Publication date: 06/02/2020
Date of decision: 06/02/2020
Effective from: 15/02/2020
Accompanying Documents:
- Executive Member Covering 2018-19 final updated 28.1.20 PDF 241 KB
- Adult Social Care Equalities Report 2018-19 PDF 144 KB
- Children's Social Care Equalities Monitoring 2018-19 PDF 156 KB
- Community Safety Equalities Monitoring report 2018-19 PDF 203 KB
- Council wide Equalities monitoring services report 2018-19 Final PDF 234 KB
- Customer Experience Equalities Monitoring 2018-19 PDF 104 KB
- Education Equalities Report 2018-19 PDF 278 KB
- Equalities Actions 2018-19 Final PDF 88 KB
- Housing and Welfare Services Equalities Report 2018-19 PDF 224 KB
- Leisure Equalities Monitoring 2018-19 PDF 272 KB
- Libraries Equality Monitoring Report 2018-19 PDF 228 KB
- Out of Hours Equalities Report 2018-19 PDF 118 KB
- Public Health Equality Report 2018-19 PDF 1 MB
- Workforce Monitoring Report 2019 Final PDF 133 KB