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 |
BES |
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Service area |
TECS |
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Proposal being screened |
Harmonisation of garden waste collection charges. |
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Officer(s) carrying out screening |
Michael Leah |
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What are you proposing to do? |
To obtain approval to harmonise garden waste collection charges from April 2023. (Selby district area excluded from this decision as the service is currently free of charge) |
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Why are you proposing this? What are the desired outcomes? |
To ensure the cost of the delivering the service is covered by the charge. |
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Does the proposal involve a significant commitment or removal of resources? Please give details. |
No |
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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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Protected characteristic and potential impacts
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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. |
No |
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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. |
No |
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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 |
The charges will be levied on a range of customers who choose to pay for the services in question. Some of those customers will fall within the group of protected characteristics within the equality act. However, there is no evidence that the charges will disproportionately impact on customers within any of the protected characteristic groups. |
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Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent) |
Michael Leah |
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Date |
23 December 2022 |
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