Public Sector Equality Duty Reports 2023
Contents
- Public Sector Equality Duty Reports 2023
- Our approach to mainstreaming equality
- Roles and responsibilities
- Project management
- Fairer Scotland Duty
- Equality in the Council's procurement function
- Case Studies
- Education
- North Lanarkshire Licensing Board
- Employment
- Progress 2021-23 (Outcomes 1-3)
- Progress 2021-23 (Outcomes 4-6)
- Progress 2021-23 (Outcomes 7-9)
-
Employment Gathering Information 2022
- Employment Data 2022 - Sex
- Employment Data 2022 - Disability
- Employment Data 2022 - Ethnicity
- Employment Data 2022 - Age
- Employment Data 2022 - Sexual Orientation
- Employment Data 2022 - Religion and Belief
- Employment Data 2022 - Marriage and Civil Partnership
- Employment Data 2022 - Pregnancy and Maternity
- Training and Development
Fairer Scotland Duty
The Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD) – the requirement to actively consider how we can tackle inequalities of outcome in any major strategic decision we make - is the first of 50 actions set out in the Fairer Scotland Action Plan.
The Scottish Government recognised that the public sector is key to delivering a fairer Scotland and this duty is intended to help make sure full account of poverty and disadvantage is taken when key decisions are being made. This includes the needs of people of identity who disproportionately experience poverty and social inequality e.g. lone parents, older women, young people, disabled people or some ethnic minority families.
The Fairer Scotland action plan also included the introduction of the Child Poverty Act.
The Council’s approach to the meeting the requirements of the Fairer Scotland Duty have been to integrate the need to assess decisions into the Council’s Equality Impact Assessment processes. How we have met the needs of the FSD is also included as a section within committee reports to ensure any decision requiring approval meets the needs of the FSD to tackle socio-economic disadvantage.
Tackling Poverty Strategy
In 2020 the Council published Towards a Fairer North Lanarkshire - Tackling Poverty Strategy. Taking the needs of the FSD further the strategy established an approach to “poverty proof” not only our strategic decisions but our operational policies and procedures to ensure maximum impact of tackling poverty as well as reflecting an effective and co-ordinated approach to tackling poverty.
We are now reviewing and refreshing the Tackling Poverty Strategy to cover the years 2023 -26. A particular focus will be to strengthen the data we gather about the characteristics of people who are experiencing socio-economic disadvantage so as to plan and target financial help and advice more equitably.
To ensure a proactive approach is taken by the Council, in recognition of the disproportionate experiences people with particular characteristics have of poverty and disadvantage, the Tackling Poverty Team Manager is a member of the Council’s Equality Board.
