Decision details

Further to Minute No. 48, 25^th July 2018, the Director of Communities and Environment submitted a report presenting the annual progress which had been made against the Council’s Equality Improvement Priorities for 2018 – 2022. The report also outlined the reviewed, amended and completed priorities, as detailed at appendix 1 to the submitted report.

The Board noted the suggestions made in respect of the report, which were that future annual reports be submitted to the Members’ Equality Group for consideration prior to being submitted to Executive Board and that it would be useful to show comparisons in the report with those that did not have a protected characteristic when presenting relevant data.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the Equality Improvement Priorities Annual Report 2018 – 2019, as appended to the submitted report, be approved;

(b)  That approval be given to sign off the completed priorities for 2018/19;

(c)  That the new and amended priorities for 2019/20, be approved;

(d)  That a further report on such matters be submitted to the Board in July 2020;

(e)  That it be noted that the Director of Communities and Environment is responsible for the implementation of decisions made by Executive Board in respect of the submitted report.