Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Police & Policies

Forward Plan Ref: 2012/144

Contact: Philip Alderton, Analyst Tel: (01865) 816394

Report by Research & Major Programmes, Unit Manager (CA12).

This report sets out the Council’s progress in the first year of the 'Equality Policy 2012-2017'. The Council is required to set specific, measurable equality objectives, and report at least annually on its progress towards its objectives. It must also regularly provide information about actual and potential service users. The equality objectives themselves must be revised at least every four years. 

 In the Equality Policy, the Council set out four objectives, and for each one set out priority actions for the year intended to meet them. The objectives are:

Objective 1: Understanding the needs of individuals and communities

Objective 2: Providing accessible, local and personalised services

Objective 3: Supporting thriving and cohesive communities

Objective 4: Promoting a culture of fairness in employment and service delivery.

The 'Equality Policy' set out 27 priority actions across the four objectives. This is first annual update on the Council's progress towards its goals.

There is also a legal obligation to regularly provide information about actual or potential users.  The attached update includes an appendix detailing new information about the people of Oxfordshire from the 2011 Census. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

(a)              Accept the first update on the ‘Equality Policy 2012-2017’

(b)              Agree to the adjustment of the reporting timetable for future updates on the ‘Equality Policy 2012-2017’

Cabinet considered a report that set out the Council’s progress in the first year of the 'Equality Policy 2012-2017'. There is also a legal obligation to regularly provide information about actual or potential users and the annex detailed new information about the people of Oxfordshire from the 2011 Census. 

RESOLVED:            to

(a)               Accept the first update on the ‘Equality Policy 2012-2017’; and

(b)               Agree to the adjustment of the reporting timetable for future updates on the ‘Equality Policy 2012-2017’