Shaping Dorset Council equality impact assessments

Setting up a new council

In May 2018, legislation was passed in both Houses of Parliament to create two new councils in Dorset. One will serve the Dorset Area (currently served by East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset and Weymouth & Portland district and borough councils, as well as Dorset County Council) and the other will serve the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Area from 1 April 2019. The current nine councils will cease to exist on 31 March 2019.

A Shaping Dorset Programme Team is working with officers from the sovereign councils in developing services, policies and procedures, below is a list of equality impact assessments EqIAs that have been undertaken:

• approach to establishing the boundaries parameters for disaggregating data
• fraud and whistleblowing
• RIPA
• street naming
• EqIA Emergency Planning
• EqIA ICT Member Policy
• EqIA Dorset Council Constitution
• EqIA Case Transfer Protocol
• EqIA Enforcement Policy
• EqIA Equality & Diversity Policy
• EqIA Provision for service delivery for front facing services to be delivered at Allenview House for housing clients
• EqIA Business Case for Transitional Structure