8. Appendices 8.1 Appendix 1 Impact Assessment –Equality Policy/Procedure being assessed: Allocation Policy Section: Operations Date of assessment: May 2016 Person (S) Responsible for Shaheen Yousaf/Tracey Ferguson-Black assessment: Is this a new or existing policy? Existing 1. Briefly describe the function Desktop review of the Allocation policy and procedure being assessed 2. Who are the main Tenants, applicants, staff, partner agencies and Board. stakeholders in relation to the function? 3. Who will be consulted as Staff, part of this EIA? Customers, What of consultation will be carried out? 4. Could the function have a Yes No differential impact on racial √ groups? What evidence exists to Profile data as at June 2015 16.9% of tenants are BME groups. These support your analysis? groups may find it difficult to access our service due to language barrier. 5. Could the function have a Yes No differential impact due to √ gender? What evidence exists to Profile data as of June 2015. 59% tenant are female, 39% male, less support your analysis? than 2 % not disclosed. Need to ensure staff are representative of our customer base. We have recruited more male front line staff more recently as previously all frontline staff were female. 6. Could the function have a Yes No differential impact on √ disabled people? What evidence exists to 14.8% of our current tenants have a disability (as of June 2015). support your analysis? Accessibility maybe an issue for those who are housebound or with severe disability. 7. Could the function have a Yes No differential impact due to √ age? What evidence exists to Properties that have an age restriction due to local letting policy may support your analysis? be challenged. 8. the function have a Yes No differential impact due to √ sexuality? What evidence exists to support your analysis?
8. Appendices 8.1 Appendix 1 –Equality Impact Assessment Policy/Procedure being assessed: Allocation Policy Section: Operations Date of assessment: May 2016 Person (S) Responsible for assessment: Shaheen Yousaf/Tracey Ferguson-Black Is this a new or existing policy? Existing 1. Briefly describe the function being assessed Desktop review of the Allocation policy and procedure 2. Who are the main stakeholders in relation to the function? Tenants, applicants, staff, partner agencies and Board. 3. Who will be consulted as part of this EIA? What of consultation will be carried out? Staff, Customers, 4. Could the function have a differential impact on racial groups? Yes √ No What evidence exists to support your analysis? Profile data as at June 2015 16.9% of tenants are BME groups. These groups may find it difficult to access our service due to language barrier. 5. Could the function have a differential impact due to gender? Yes √ No What evidence exists to support your analysis? Profile data as of June 2015. 59% tenant are female, 39% male, less than 2 % not disclosed. Need to ensure staff are representative of our customer base. We have recruited more male front line staff more recently as previously all frontline staff were female. 6. Could the function have a differential impact on disabled people? Yes √ No What evidence exists to support your analysis? 14.8% of our current tenants have a disability (as of June 2015). Accessibility maybe an issue for those who are housebound or with severe disability. 7. Could the function have a differential impact due to age? Yes √ No What evidence exists to support your analysis? Properties that have an age restriction due to local letting policy may be challenged. 8. the function have a differential impact due to sexuality? Yes No √ What evidence exists to support your analysis?
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