Equality Impact Assessment Guidance

We ensure that we meet this commitment through undertaking assessments for each of the equality strands:

• age 
• disability
• sex
• gender reassignment
• race
• religion and belief
• sexual orientation
• pregnancy and maternity
• marriage and civil partnership.  

We have continued to review and develop our practice of undertaking these Equality Impact Assessments.  We ensure that we capture all potential positive and negative impacts that can affect the equality of the above mentioned protected characteristics. 

Effective assessments allow us to consider these impacts and to take the necessary action.  It allows us to both amend our decisions to reduce any negative impacts, and to enhance those positive impacts our policies may have.

The latest guidance and a template for recording and evidencing our equality impact assessments can be found as downloadable documents below.