Equality and Human Rights, Monitoring

The Board’s Scheme states in Chapter 6, the Board’s arrangements for monitoring any adverse impact, in relation to the promotion of equality of opportunity, of policies adopted by the Board.

 

Knowledge of the uptake of services provided by the Board and the impact of its policies on the different groups within the Section 75 categories will be of assistance in assessing progress towards equality of opportunity.

 

A five Board review of the extent of existing monitoring and the scope for extending it to meet the new obligations imposed by the Act is being carried out.

 

In addition to assessing the value of any further information required for measuring progress towards equality of opportunity and public access to Board information and services, this review will also take into account the following factors:-

 

 

 

 

In some cases an equality impact assessment may identify an anticipated adverse impact on particular groups within the categories listed in Section 75. Assuming that no alternative policy is feasible, steps will be taken, wherever possible, to mitigate such anticipated adverse impact. The Board may, in these circumstances, commission special monitoring to confirm the extent of the differential adverse impact and/or the success of any mitigating measures. Information collected in this special monitoring will be taken into account in any future review of the policy.

 

The Board will make publicly available the outcome of any monitoring undertaken in relation to paragraphs 6.3 and 6.4 above.