Sentences with phrase «equality impact»

The inadequate consultation, and a similarly flawed equality impact assessment, meant that the council did not have sufficient information to discharge the disability equality duty.

The new committee will scrutinise the Government Equalities Office and examine the gender and equality impacts of government policies.Some have argued that it might even decide to direct its gaze beyond Whitehall to look at broader issues of gender and inequality in society — moving more towards the model established by the Public Accounts Committee.

There was a «substantial consultation» exercise and a «careful» Predictive Equalities Impact Assessment (PEIA), the results of which were «translated into the report to the council's Cabinet»;

Congress applauds the efforts of TUC affiliates in pressing for equality impact assessments to thwart attempts by the coalition to dilute workers» rights.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is denying claims that it has been forced to undertake race equality impact assessments on legal aid reforms after judicial proceedings were launched against it.

A commitment to conducting full equality impact assessments of spending policies will be essential to ensure that policies are responsive not just to the geography of the region but to the diversity of the communities served.

«Charitable giving: How do power and beliefs about equality impact donations?.»

The Court of Appeal also dismissed the appeal against the Divisional Court's grant of declaratory relief only for a breach of the section 149 PSED, where a full and unchallenged equality impact assessment had been carried out prior to the hearing and had resulted in changes to the scheme.

The Black Solicitors» Network (BSN) and the Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL) launched the proceedings against the government, claiming they had failed to carry out a proper race equality impact assessment under the Race Relations Act 1976 in relation to the legal aid reform programme.

Ministers did carry out equality impact assessments looking at whether the cuts would have a disproportionate effect on women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals and disabled people.

LITRG also regrets HMRC's recent conclusion that there are no equality impacts from its Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme.

«The Department has therefore decided, following full consideration of the equality impacts, to halve the number of points awarded for aids and appliances for some daily living activities.»

«The NASUWT has not signed the DfE heads of agreement document and has reserved its position insisting on the need for further information to be provided, including on the equalities impact of the government's proposed reforms to the pension scheme.

Although government agreed to retain the use of CCTV outside schools, as well as at bus stops, in bus lanes and on red routes, they failed to carry out an equalities impact assessment for these proposals, placing vulnerable road users such as wheelchair users and parents with buggies at risk when crossing road junctions protected by yellow lines.

``... the Equalities Impact Assessment recognises that those members of the Bar who will be affected by this proposal are more likely to be «female or BAME and younger barristers».

The Law Society calls upon the Lord Chancellor to commission and publish an equality impact assessment on his proposed changes prior to implementation of the same.

Finally, when considering whether the Lord Chancellor had complied with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the EqA when introducing the Fees Order, the Court of Appeal considered that the equality impact assessment carried out at the relevant time was adequate to meet that duty.