New equality impact assessment guidance

Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) form the basis of good practice in developing, reviewing or transforming policies, functions and services to ensure that they are not discriminatory.

We have a legal duty to assess whether an EIA is needed, to justify that decision, carry out the EIA and finally, to publish the report and action plan on our website.

See the guidance below which has been developed to demystify and explain the process:

• EIA flow chart (PDF 22Kb)
• EIA+ pre-assessment /screening guidance notes (PDF 47Kb)
• EIA+ preliminary screening template (Word 120Kb)
• Full EIA+ guidance notes (PDF 85Kb)
• Full EIA+ template (Word 226Kb)
• Example of an EIA+ report (Word 1.38Mb)