Item 14 - Appendix 1
West Dunbartonshire Council · 27 May 2026
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Assessment No 1494 Strategic Team RES Lead Officer Karen Shannon Who else has been involved in developing this EIA Karen Shannon-Section Head/Business Partner Carol Alderson-Finance Manager Ric Rea-Performance & Strategy officer Title Provision of a Cash Receipting System Description: (Provide a brief overview of the aims and objectives of this policy) The cash receipting system provides citizens of West Dunbartonshire Council with the facility to make payments either face to face, online or by telephone. In addition to this the service provides the facility to manage all the Council’s income and to accurately record payments received to the Council’s back-office systems e.g. Council Tax, Rents, etc. This system is a key control system for The Council. Who have you engaged and consulted with as part of your Finance, Procurement, Legal Who will be affected by this proposal? All individuals, organisations that make payments to the Council or receive payments from the Council. All internal users of the system. This is a continuation of an existing service, but the provider is unknown at this time. Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or services? Yes If yes, please confirm that you have contacted our procurement services to discuss your requirements and viewed the guidance Yes Relevance screening: If the proposal/policy is relevant to any of the six areas then an Equality Impact Assessment must be carried out. You must indicate if there is any relevance to the six areas Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Human Rights Act/European Convention on Human Rights No Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No Relevance to United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) No Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) or Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD) Yes Relevance to Scottish Consumer Duty (SCD) No ITEM 14 - APPENDIX 1
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Consider any needs and policy drivers e.g. Council or national strategies and plans /and any barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this policy. List evidence you are using to support this assessment. Consider the impact of your policy on people and how they will be able to access goods, services and information with no barriers and state the potential impact. Specific group to consider What Key Drivers and Evidence has been used to inform this assessment. (i.e. national statistics - Scot Govt; or local statistics - workforce data, Citizens Panel) For each group, state the potential Impact – Positive/Negative/Neutral Age No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Disability Systems used by the public need to be accessible to disabled people, this will remain at the same level Neutral Gender Reassign No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Marriage & Civil Partnership No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Pregnancy & Maternity No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Race No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Religion and Belief No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Sex No evidence of any differential impact Neutral Sexual Orientation No evidence of any differential impact Neutral This section must be completed if there are potential Human Rights impacts, this includes but is not limited to Human Rights Act 1998 considerations Human Rights No evidence of any differential impact Neutral
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This section must be completed if any there are any potential socio-economic impacts including but not limited to those covered by the Fairer Scotland Duty Social & Economic Impact Need to have due regard to the Fairer Scotland Duty. Possibilities for communities benefits are examined during procurement processes, these will be required of the successful contractor based on the value of the contract works but are determined later in the process based on the capabilities of the individual contractor. Likely to be neutral in terms of significant impacts. This section must be completed if any potential impact on children and young people up to the age of 18 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child No evidence of any differential impact Neutral This section must be completed in reference to the Scottish Consumer Duty Scottish Consumer Duty We have examined the proposals for any possible harm to consumers. Re-provisioning will ensure continuation of services to people and businesses. Neutral Consider cumulative impact of the proposal Cumulative and intersectional impacts No evidence of any cumulative differential impact Neutral
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State how the impact of the proposal/policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing basis including how actions will be delivered to mitigate any negative impacts or secure positive impacts. Summary of overall impact(s) of the proposal. EIA 1494: Possibilities for communities benefits are examined during procurement processes, these will be required of the successful contractor. Given the size and type of contract, it is likely to be neutral in terms of socio-economic significant impacts. Name of the senior manager who has approved this assessment Laurence Slavin