Issue - meetings

Report of the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) proposing a revised Equality Scheme for Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.

The new Equality Scheme was endorsed and recommended to the Council for approval.

Report of the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) proposing a revised Equality Scheme for Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the new Equality Scheme be endorsed and recommended to the Council for approval.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The equality scheme was a statutory requirement under the Equalities Act 2010 which placed a duty on local authorities to publish information on how services impacted on users, how policies and procedures were assessed to make sure they were non-discriminatory, how equality objectives were being met and how stakeholders were consulted in developing the approach to equality and diversity.

The proposed scheme met these requirements and importantly it included an action plan on how the Council would deliver on its five equality objectives as introduced in the Equality Policy approved by the Cabinet in January 2018.

The action plan would be reviewed at each Equality Steering Group meeting with annual updates being provided to the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee.