Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) are public documents. EIAs accompanying reports going to County Councillors for decisions are published with the committee papers on our website and are available in hard copy at the relevant meeting. To help people to find completed EIAs we also publish them in the Equality and Diversity section of our website. This will help people to see for themselves how we have paid due regard in order to meet statutory requirements.
Initial equality impact assessment screening form
This form records an equality screening process to determine the relevance of equality to a proposal, and a decision whether or not a full EIA would be appropriate or proportionate.
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Directorate |
Chief Executives |
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Service area |
Legal and democratic services |
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Proposal being screened |
Chief executive and members savings as a result of local government reorganisation |
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Officer(s) carrying out screening |
Barry Khan Assistant Chief Executive (legal and democratic services) |
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What are you proposing to do? |
The decision has already been made to create North Yorkshire Council as the single unitary authority in the area and the direct impact of this is that there will be a reduction of the current 8 chief executives from the existing county council and district and borough councils. There will also be a reduction from 319 members across all 8 Councils to 90 members for North Yorkshire Council. |
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Why are you proposing this? What are the desired outcomes? |
This is statutory process of local government reorganisation and the above is the resulting consequences of reorganisation. |
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Does the proposal involve a significant commitment or removal of resources? Please give details. |
There is a significant saving in the resulting decision to create a single unitary authority. The decision has already been made and this impact assessment screening form is simply to record the impact. |
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Impact on people with any of the following protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010, or our additional agreed characteristics As part of this assessment, please consider the following questions:
If for any characteristic it is considered that there is likely to be an adverse impact or you have ticked ‘Don’t know/no info available’, then a full EIA should be carried out where this is proportionate. You are advised to speak to your equality rep for advice if you are in any doubt. |
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Yes |
No |
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Age |
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X |
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Disability |
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X |
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Sex |
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X |
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Race |
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X |
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Sexual orientation |
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X |
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Gender reassignment |
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X |
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Religion or belief |
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X |
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Pregnancy or maternity |
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X |
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Marriage or civil partnership |
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X |
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Additional characteristics |
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People in rural areas |
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X |
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People on a low income |
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X |
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Carer (unpaid family or friend) |
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X |
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Information on decision and proposal
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Does the proposal relate to an area where there are known inequalities/probable impacts (e.g. disabled people’s access to public transport)? Please give details. |
n/a |
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Will the proposal have a significant effect on how other organisations operate? (e.g. partners, funding criteria, etc.). Do any of these organisations support people with protected characteristics? Please explain why you have reached this conclusion. |
n/a |
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Decision (Please tick one option) |
EIA not relevant or proportionate: |
X |
Continue to full EIA: |
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Reason for decision |
Consideration has been given to the potential for any adverse equality impacts arising from the proposals. In conclusion it is the view of officers that any proposals do not have any adverse impact on any of the protected characteristics identified in the Equalities Act 2010. |
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Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent) |
Barry Khan (Assistant Chief Executive) |
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Date |
12 January 2023 |
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