The Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities presented a report on the Council’s Single Equality Scheme 2012 - 2016, which built on the Single Equality Scheme 2010 - 2013 and incorporated the nine Equality Objectives as required under the Public Sector Equality Duty 2011.
The Cabinet Member advised that a new Action Plan would be developed to ensure delivery of the Equality Objectives, set within the context of the resources currently available to the Council.
Cabinet agreed:
(i) To formally adopt the revised Single Equality Scheme 2012 - 2016 as the Council’s method of meeting the specific duty in regard to Equality Objectives; and
(ii) To authorise the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities, to agree a four-year Action Plan commencing from April 2012.