Decision details

(Time: 3.39pm to 3.42pm)

The Executive received and considered report 34/07 of the Strategic Director and Monitoring Officer, which set out a draft Corporate Equalities Action Plan for 2007/08.  As a major employer and public service delivery body, the Council was committed to meeting the needs of all its employees, residents and customers. To help the Council realise this commitment, a Corporate Equalities Action Plan had been drafted.  It brought together all key areas of work to meet statutory duties and achieve Best Value Performance Indicator targets for 2007/08. 

The Plan incorporated all the actions from the Council’s recently updated Race Equality Scheme.  Progress against these actions would be reported in October 2007 and April 2008.  Members noted that the Plan would be revised by the end of the calendar year in order to include the action plans from the forthcoming Disability and Gender Equality Schemes, both due to be finalised and approved by the end of December.  The revised Plan would cover 2008/09 to 2010/11 and would be subject to the Executive's approval.  It would include equality impact assessments and action plans for each Service Area. 

Members welcomed the Plan. 

RESOLVED

that the Corporate Equalities Action Plan 2007/08 be adopted.