Information for EqIA Screening Report Important This reporting function has been developed to aid in accessing information contained in the Integrated Appraisal Toolkit (IAT) to be inserted into the EqIA Process Proforma. This report must not be construed as a completed EqIA Process Proforma. The information contained in this report is to be used in conjunction with the EqIA Process Proforma. The relevant sections from the IAT have been laid out below to reflect the relevant section of the EqIA Process Proforma. Please copy and paste into correct section of the EqIA Process Proforma and edit where necessary to ensure that you have correctly answered the question contained in the EqIA Process Proforma. Where there is not any information available to copy and paste you must complete the questions in the EqIA Process Proforma independently. Section 1: Policy Details Name of Policy: Owner/Person Responsible: - What are the main aims of the policy: Section 2: Information Gathering You should insert into the EqIA Process Proforma the sources of information used to assess the impact of the relevant policy. This can include local sources such as reports, information and data, relevant partners’ information, data and reports, other Council’s relevant information, data and reports, national information, research outcomes, data profiles and any other evidence which has led to the development of this policy. Section 3: Consultation/ Involvement 3.3 Community – Engagement Statement: Engaging with local communities allows people the opportunity to express how they feel about their local areas, services and facilities and where they feel improvements could be made. The drive towards actively engaging local people in local affairs is now stronger than ever. Having a voice provides a means for ensuring accountability and enabling a better quality of service to be provided. It is important that community engagement is varied with opportunity for local people to participate at different levels in different ways, accommodating everyone without excluding any individuals or groups. Within Perth and Kinross there are a wide range of engagement processes already in existence, including parent councils, community councils, youth fora, pupil councils, registered and unregistered tenants organisations. All of these ensure people participate in lots of ways to make Perth and Kinross an even better place to live, work, study and play. Answer: Proposed Mitigation: Justification of Answer: 3.5 Community – Social Inclusion Statement: `Social exclusion is a short-hand term for what can happen when people or areas have a combination of problems, such as unemployment, discrimination, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, poor health, high crime and family breakdown. These problems are linked and mutually reinforcing (for example, bad health can be both a cause of unemployment and an effect of the poverty which unemployment can bring about). Social exclusion is an extreme consequence of what happens when people do not get a fair deal throughout their lives and find themselves in difficult situations. This pattern of disadvantage can be transmitted from one generation to the next`. (Social Exclusion Task Force 2009). Inequality and social exclusion are closely linked. By promoting social inclusion, each individual in society will have the same access to services and opportunities as everyone else. When certain groups in society are discriminated against they can feel isolated and excluded. In turn, those who are excluded often also suffer inequality. Answer: Proposed Mitigation: Justification of Answer: Section 4 Perth and Kinross Council's Integrated Appraisal Toolkit (IAT) has been used to carry out an initial screening exercise. The relevant sections will be referred to in this screening report. The IAT will be also be referred to and updated throughout the development of the policy. The IAT has been developed to ensure that policies developed in our area integrate fully equality and access for everyone. The IAT is available at www.sdtoolkit-perthandkinross.org.uk Detail the positive and/or negative impacts Race Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Race which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Race to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Gender Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Gender. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Gender (women and men and boys and girls) to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Trans-gender Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Gender Reassignment. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Gender Reassignment to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Disability Statement: Disability is defined as `A person (P) has a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P`s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities (Equality Act 2010). Disability includes mobility, dexterity, hearing, speech or vision impairments along with `hidden` conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, dyslexia, metal health problems and mental illness. Cancer, HIV infection and Multiple Sclerosis are deemed disabilities under the Act from time of diagnosis.There are a many issues and barriers that disabled people face on a daily basis and includes:Social isolation Health and community care Access to education / leisure opportunities Mobility and transport Access to information (alternative formats) Accessibility of buildings / services Safety and security Participation in public life Low incomes / reduced employment opportunities Participation in Public Life. The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Disability. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Disability to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Age Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Age. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Age to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Sexual Orientation Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Sexual Orientation.The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Sexual Orientation to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not Answer: Religion/Belief Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Religion and Belief which includes any religion and any religious or philosophical belief. It also includes a lack of any such religion or belief. The Council needs to pay `Due Regard` to the impact of `policies` in relation to Religion and Belief to ensure compliance with the three parts of the General Duty.The three parts of the General Duty include:i) Eliminating discrimination, harassment, victimisation or any other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010ii) Advancing equality of opportunity by: removing or minimising disadvantageMeeting the needs of othersEncouraging participation in public lifeiii) Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Answer: Civil Partnership/Marriage Statement: The Equality Act 2010 includes the protected characteristic of Marriage/Civil Partnership. A person who is married or in a civil partnership has the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership. Answer: Pregnancy/Maternity Statement: Protection from discrimination starts when a woman becomes pregnant. A woman is protected from unfavourable treatment because:She is pregnant, at any stage of the pregnancyShe has given birth in the past 26 weeksShe is breast feeding her baby. In Scotland this protection includes children up to two years old. It is also a criminal offence, in Scotland, to stop a person in charge of a child feeding that child milk in a public place There area variety of issues and barriers affecting pregnant women and/or who have recently given birth including:EmploymentAttitudes to breastfeeding in public Answer: Section 5: Recommendations and Actions Race Proposed Mitigation: Gender Proposed Mitigation: Trans-gender Proposed Mitigation: Disability Proposed Mitigation: Age Proposed Mitigation: Sexual Orientation Proposed Mitigation: Religion/Belief Proposed Mitigation: Civil Partnership/Marriage Proposed Mitigation: Pregnancy/Maternity Proposed Mitigation: ****Attach IAT Screening Report****