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Date of Screening:
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Directorate: People
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Section: Community
Safety
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1. Activity to
be assessed
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Prevent Strategy and
Action Plan 2020-23
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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 (New 3-year plan which will replace
the previous plan)
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4. Officer
responsible for the screening
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Alison O’Meara
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5. Who are the
members of the screening team?
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Alison O’Meara, Justin Whitlock
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6. What is the
purpose of the activity?
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Section 26 of the Counter Terrorism and
Security Act 2015 (the Act) places a duty on Local Authorities
(“specified authorities” listed in Schedule 6 to the
Act) in the exercise of their function, to have due regard to the
need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
The Bracknell Forest Prevent Strategy mirrors
the 3 key objectives of the government’s Prevent
Strategy:
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Respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat
that we face from those who promote it
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Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are
given appropriate advice and support
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Work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of
radicalisation which we need to address
The Bracknell Forest Action Plan identifies
key areas of work that we have identified in line with the above
objectives and also in response to our local counter-terrorism
profile:
1.
Leadership, governance and accountability – to ensure strong,
co-ordinated community and partnership action which is accountable
to the local community
2.
Awareness, learning and development – across all sectors:
public, private, community and voluntary
3. Safe
education – in early years, schools and colleges
4.
Community cohesion – ensuring the voice of the community is
heard.
5.
Support – establish appropriate support for those identified
as vulnerable and their families.
6.
Intelligence and communications – mechanisms to monitor local
community tensions, identify vulnerable individuals and communicate
Prevent activity across Bracknell Forest agencies and
communities
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7. Who is the
activity designed to benefit/target?
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The activity is designed to benefit all
members of the community, particularly those who are vulnerable to
radicalisation and exploitation. The plan sets out priorities for
the Prevent Steering Group over the next 3 years, together with how
we intend to achieve the aims within each area of focus.
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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
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a
statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people
from being drawn into terrorism. This will enable victims who have
a disability to access specialist support.
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It is identified
that those with a disability can be disproportionately vulnerable
to radicalisation and exploitation from those with an agenda to do
so. This Strategy and Action Plan recognises those vulnerabilities
and works to ensure that those with a disability are protected and
supported.
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9. Racial
equality
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Yü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a
statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people
from being drawn into terrorism. This will enable victims of all
races to access specialist support.
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It is recognised
that this agenda can be closely associated with race and, as a
result, the Prevent Steering Group has aligned itself with
complimentary agendas such as Hate Crime and Community Cohesion to
ensure that no one racial group is disproportionately focussed or
unfairly targeted in response to an act of terrorism or media
coverage.
It is also
recognised that a focus on Prevent and terrorism can heighten risk
in the public’s mind and there is the potential for this to
result in hate crime to be directed towards those races who are
stereotypically associated with terrorism. This strategy is
cognisant of this potential and will take measures to counter this
perception in all the work that it does.
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10. Gender
equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This will enable victims, regardless of gender, to
access specialist support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that gender equality is negatively
impacted by this agenda. However, by monitoring the CTLP
(Counter-Terrorism Local Profile) and subsequent briefings, the
Prevent Steering Group can monitor local, regional and national
referrals and incidents to ensure it can respond to emerging trends
in this context when necessary.
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11. Sexual
orientation equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This
will enable victims, regardless of sexual orientation, to access
specialist support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that sexual orientation equality
is negatively impacted by this agenda. However, by monitoring the
CTLP (Counter Terrorism Local Profile) and subsequent briefings,
the Prevent Steering Group can monitor local, regional and national
referrals and incidents to ensure it can respond to emerging trends
in this context when necessary.
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12. Gender
re-assignment
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a
statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people
from being drawn into terrorism. This will enable victims who have
had gender re-assignment to access specialist support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that gender re-assignment is
particularly vulnerable to extremism and radicalisation. However,
by monitoring the CTLP (Counter Terrorism Local Profile) and
subsequent briefings, the Prevent Steering Group can monitor local,
regional and national referrals and incidents to ensure the Prevent
Steering Group can respond to emerging trends in this context when
necessary.
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13. Age
equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This will enable victims of all ages to access
specialist support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that age equality is negatively
impacted by this agenda. However, if the strategy and action plan
framework was not in place, individuals within this protected
characteristic may not be referred into specialist support
available through the multi-agency Channel Panels or Counter
Terrorism Policing South East.
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14. Religion and
belief equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This will enable victims of all religions and belief to
access specialist support.
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The Prevent
Steering Group recognises that religion and belief have been
negatively associated with this agenda. However, it has aligned
with complimentary agendas and partners, such as Hate Crime, the
Community Cohesion and Engagement Partnership and the Faith &
Belief Forum, to ensure that no one religion or belief group is
disproportionately focussed on or unfairly targeted in response to
an act of terrorism or media coverage. Continued consultation with
the Home Office and CTPSE will assist in monitoring this and ensure
those being targeted or vulnerable to radicalisation/exploitation
will be able to access specialist support available through the
multi-agency Channel Panels or Counter Terrorism Policing South
East without prejudice. By monitoring the CTLP
(Counter
Terrorism Local Profile) and subsequent briefings, we can monitor
local, regional and national referrals and incidents to ensure we
can respond to emerging trends in this context when
necessary.
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15. Pregnancy and
maternity equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This will enable victims who are pregnant to access
specialist support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that those with pregnancy and
maternity protective characteristics are negatively impacted by
this agenda. However, if this process was not in place, individuals
within the protective characteristics would not be able to access
specialist support available through the multi-agency Channel
Panels or Counter Terrorism Policing South East.
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16. Marriage and
civil partnership equality
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Y
ü
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N
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Positive
impact.
BFC has a statutory duty to have
due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into
terrorism. This will enable victims, regardless of whether they are
married are have a civil partnership, to access specialist
support.
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There is
currently no evidence to suggest that those who are married or in a
civil partnership are negatively impacted by this agenda. However,
if this process was not in place, individuals within the protective
characteristics would not be able to access specialist support
available through the multi-agency Channel Panels or Counter
Terrorism Policing South East. This would limit the effectiveness
of any response that we and they provide locally, regionally and
nationally.
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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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N/A
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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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No
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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
ü
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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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Counter Terrorism Local Profile
(CTLP) produced by CTPSE (Counter-Terrorism Policing South east)
– this is an Official Sensitive Document only shared with
Prevent Duty Partners.
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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
ü
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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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Monitoring of priorities and aims in the
Prevent Action Plan in conjunction with the CTLP
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Every 4 months
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Prevent Steering Group
Justin Whitlock
(Prevent Lead)
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Report outcomes, review referral data and develop appropriate
interventions, partnership co-operation and protocols to ensure
accessibility of all
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24. Which
service, business or work plan will these actions be included
in?
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Prevent Strategy and Action Plan 2020-23
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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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Review the CTLP and review the Action Plan aims in view of the
profile
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Engage
with national and regional Prevent and Channel networks and
disseminate good practice and learning locally and neighbouring
authorities
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26. Assistant
director’s signature.
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Signature:
Date:
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