Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Merry

(Key decision):

(1)To approve the Joint Equality Monitoring Policy, as set out at appendix A to the report.

(2) To delegate authority to the Director of Service Delivery, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for People and Performance to make any amendments to the approved text set out in the appendices to the policy, to align with the Census 2021 questions when these are published.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Regeneration and Planning, seeking approval for a Joint Equality Monitoring Policy.

Visiting member, Councillor Gardiner, outlined discussions of the policy by Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 28 June 2018.

Resolved (Key decision):

(1)To approve the Joint Equality Monitoring Policy, as set out at appendix A to the report.

(2) To delegate authority to the Director of Service Delivery, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for People and Performance to make any amendments to the approved text set out in the appendices to the policy, to align with the Census 2021 questions when these are published.

Reason for decisions:

An updated Equality Monitoring Policy is required to ensure the Council meets its legal duties under Equality Act 2010 and collects the information required to fulfil its Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) whilst complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.