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AssessmentNo 894 Owner lcrooks
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer, Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF02 - Reduce opening hours of Clydebank Town Hall
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Clydebank Town Hall (CTH) is currently open to the public five days a week
and is mainly used as an office space for elected members and a small number
of employees; pre-booked events as well as hosting a museum and gallery
space. High operational costs and low visitor numbers mean there is
opportunity to make a saving by reviewing opening hours. Under this
proposal, three options are being considered: Option 1 – CTH open three days
a week CTH would continue to open on additional days as required to support
pre-booked events as the cost would be mitigated by the income generated.
Access for elected members and support staff would be maintained on three
week days. Option 2 - CTH open four days a week CTH would continue to open
on additional days as required to support pre-booked events. A review of
usage and bookings would be undertaken to ascertain the most appropriate
days for opening and closure. Access for elected members and support staff
would be maintained on four week days. Option 3 - CTH operates five days
with reduced hours daily CTH would open five days with reduced hours (for
example 9am to 1pm or 1pm to 5pm). CTH would continue to open as
required to support pre-booked events as the cost would be mitigated by the
income generated
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
CCF
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Employees whose normal place of work is in Clydebank Town Hall Elected members Residents
and visitors
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There will be engagement with current building users to identify the most suitable opening
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AssessmentNo 886 Owner lorraine.phimister
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Stephen Daly - Citizen and Library Service Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF03- Citizen Services Provision at Church Street
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The front desk at Church Street is the only office location where
residents can access services face to face. There are two savings options
being considered which would impact face to face provision. Under
Option 1, the service would be removed and residents would be directed
to use the phone lines currently provided in reception to call the contact
centre or, in the case of emergencies, contact the services direct. This
would generate a saving of circa £30,000 per annum. Under Option 2,
face to face support would continue to be provided on a part time basis
(i.e. 0930 – 1300 daily), with residents able to use telephones in
reception outwith these times. This would generate savings of circa
£15,000 per annum.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Citizen Services
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Members of the public, service users and potential service users Staff may receive more
telephone and other queries if face to face is removed
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age The Council must
not discriminate in
Older people are
more likely to be
Negative impact as
service users may be

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the way it provided
services.
disabled. Older BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived compared
to older white ethnic
groups.
unwilling to wait in
telephone queues
when requiring
urgent assistance.
Cross Cutting
We need to take into
account how factors
combine to impact
groups and
individuals. We need
to take into account
potential impacts on
services across the
Council and partner
organisations such
as WDHSCP which
provide services
from Church Street
At the time of the
original EIA in 2022,
there was no clear
evidence of impact
of similar change
caused by closing of
CTCO, as this was
done during covid
lockdown. However
during budget focus
groups in October
2023, participants
note that the CTCO
was valuable, to be
able to visit and an
accessible and
effective way of
raising and sorting
issues. The Scottish
Women's Budget
Group notes that
women and girls
have a
disproportionate
reliance on local
government services
because they do
most of the unpaid
care work and
therefore rely on
local services to
support themselves
and their families.
Decisions made
about locally run
public services will
therefore have a
greater impact on
women, with
disabled women,
carers, women from
ethnic minority
communities, single
parents and low paid
women likely to feel
the biggest impacts.
Overall impact
would be negative.
Interplay of factors
such as sex, race and
disability can
magnify likelihood of
consequences.
Disability The council has a Some disabled Negative impact as

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legal duty to ensure
that services are
accessible to all
disabled people, this
duty is proactive
/anticipatory, and
also requires that we
make reasonable
adjustments as
necessary.
people will not be
able to use phones
or have difficultly
doing so, e.g. hearing
loss is the most
common form of
sensory impairment.
Lack of face to face
contact may provide
extra difficulties for
some people.
Disabled people, and
households with any
disabled person are
more likely to be
income deprived.
some service users
may be unable to use
a telephone and
require face to face
assistance.
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to have
regard to the Fairer
Scotland Duty in
terms of strategic
decisions including
on how services are
delivered. The
Council views
tackling poverty and
deprivation as a
major concern, and
mitigating these
effects as much as
possible.
Having no face to
face option for initial
contact would mean
that those who could
not use phone of
digital method,
because of lack of
resources and funds
could be
discriminated
against.
This could
potentially have a
negative impact on
those on low
incomes who
require assistance
and have no other
means to contact the
Council.
Sex
Services must
adhere to the public
sector equality duty
(PSED).
Currently more
female employees
staff this work
station than male
employees. On
average women are
more likely to be
income deprived
than men, e.g.
women make up
90% of single
parents. Women and
children are more
likely to experience
domestic abuse and
gender based
violence, and for
example may have
been cut off from
money and bank
accounts.
This has the
potential to
disproportionally
impact female
employees. This
could potentially
have a negative
impact on females
who require
assistance and have
no other means to
contact the Council.
Gender Reassign It is important that
services are
See info. under
sexual orientation. Potentially negative.

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accessible to trans
people.
Health
Health and well
being is council
focus area as noted
in our Strategic Plan
22-27.
People will often
need to contact the
Council at times of
great stress.
Lack of a face to face
contact could
increase stress for
some people.
Human Rights
The council is a duty
bearer in terms of
the European
Convention of
Human
Rights/Human
rights Act e.g. and
Article 14, non-
discrimination. It is
important to
consider how
children and young
people might be
affected in terms of
Equality and Human
rights, and
Children's rights.
Human rights
crosscut with those
under equalities, for
examples disability
provisions, and
comments under
gender based
violence, women and
children.
Ensuring accessible
services is required
to protect human
rights, including
children's rights.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Cross cuts with sex,
in terms of women
and children.
Cross cuts with sex,
in terms of women
and children.
Cross cuts with sex,
in terms of women
and children.
Race
Services must not
adhere to the public
sector equality duty
(PSED).
The council does not
have a system in
place to ensure that
Language Line can
be accessed for
callers on the
telephone, in
contrast we have
used language Line
at Physical public
counters. People
from most BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived than
people from most
white ethnic groups.
Potential negative
for all groups and
especially negative
for BME groups who
are more likely to
have
Communication
needs relating to
language that would
currently be much
better address via
initial face to face
contact.
Religion and Belief
Though Race and
Ethnicity are not the
same as religion and
belief, there is some
cross over in the of
experience of
communities.
Though Race and
Ethnicity are not the
same as religion and
belief, there is some
cross over in the of
experience of
communities.
Potentially negative
for some groups.

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Sexual Orientation
Services must
adhere to the public
sector equality duty
(PSED).
Research
demonstrates that
LGBT+ people,
especially young
people, are at
particular risk of
experiencing
homelessness, and
LGBTIQ+ people
who are homeless
have specific needs
that differ to the rest
of the homeless
population. (2019
and 2018 reports
from Stonewall etc.)
There is evidence
that LBG people are
more likely to suffer
social exclusion and
may not have access
to social networks in
a way that others
have.
This could
potentially have a
negative impact on
LGBT+ groups who
require assistance
and have no other
means to contact the
Council.
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
There would be a need and opportunity to put in place a robust system for calls and call
backs, for interpreting, using services such as Language Line for people who are not
sufficiently fluent or cannot speak English, and using Contact BSL to enable Deaf users to
access services.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 886: The assessment details likely negative impacts in terms of race, disability and
age, health, human rights including children's rights, sexual orientation, pregnancy and
maternity, gender reassignment and socio-economic impact. This in terms of reduction
of service; issues would be amplified with closure. Some challenges described may be
mitigated with effective signposting and service delivery continuing via the emergency
repairs line for those unable to report online. The lack of any face to face option for the
council if this was removed, could theoretically breach the Equality Act in combination
with other factors if services were in practice less accessible to disabled people.

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AssessmentNo 814 Owner rrea
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer CCF
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Amanda Graham CO Ricardo Rea Performance and Strategy officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF04- Review grant funding of Shopmobility
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council provides grant support to a number of strategic partner
organisations in West Dunbartonshire. Shopmobility delivers a mobility
scooter, manual and powered wheelchair service to residents from its
base in Clydebank Shopping Centre. Under this proposal, the current
grant of £47,670 provided to Shopmobility by the Council would reduce
by 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%. At the current level of grant funding the
Councils provided approximately 28% of the organisation's income for
22/23.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
We would work with the group and provide them with practical support,
engage with CVS, and look at any other available funding streams.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Disabled people and their carers and families, Staff and volunteers of Clyde Shopmobility.
In addition to the provision of scooters and wheelchairs, Shopmobility delivers a range of
support to residents with physical impairments to increase independence, reduce
isolation and ensure equality. This includes provision of trained sighted people to
accompany those who are visually impaired to support them with tasks such as shopping
or to attend events and facilitating a number of groups for walking, yoga, knitting and
photography.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.

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Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Social inclusion and
mobility in this
context are relevant
in this context.
The service is
extensively used by
older people
Evidence suggest
that older people are
more at risk than
some other age
groups of social
isolation. Older
people are more
likely to be disabled.
Negative. Funding
reductions
negatively affect the
amount the services
that CSM can
provide
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the council takes
account of how
factors interact to
affect people and
groups.
Evidence suggests
that BME, Disabled
people, women and
younger people have
been particularly
affected by COVID
and Cost of Living
impacts.
Factors such as sex,
disability and age
may interact in this
circumstance to
multiple effects of
any service
reductions.
Completely stopping
funding is likely to
produce more
negative effects than
partially reducing
funding.
Disability
The Council has an
Equality outcome on
increasing the
participation of
disabled people.
The service is
extensively used by
disabled people.
Disabled people are
more likely to
experience poverty
compared to non-
disabled people
Evidence suggest
that disabled people
are more at risk than
non disabled people
of social isolation
Negative. Funding
reductions
negatively affect the
amount the services
that CSM can
provide.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council must
have due regard to
the Fairer Scotland
Duty, in terms of
Social Economic
impacts, and the
Statutory Guidance.
The service acts to
encourage shopping
in Clydebank,
especially the
shopping centre. The
organization
currently employs 9
members of staff*
and has 'TBC'
number of
volunteers
Revenue of shops in
the Clyde shopping
center and
surrounding area
may be negatively
affected. This could
also occur more
widely in WD. There
may be a negative
financial affect on
service users if
provision is reduced.
Sex
The Council needs to
have regard to the
differential impact of
More female than
male service users.
If there were service
reduction these may
tend to affect

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decisions on
relevant protected
groups.
women more than
men.
Gender Reassign
Health
The Council
recognizes health
and wellbeing as a
priority.
The service supports
social interaction
among groups at
risk of isolation.
Reductions in
service may
negatively impact on
this aspect.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 814: details potential impacts: Reduction of funding may negatively affect services
users of Clyde Shopmobility, more likely to be older and disabled and staff and volunteers
of the organisation. There may also be a negative economic effect in terms of money spent
in Clydebank area in particular and in West Dunbartonshire more generally. There could
also be negative effects in terms of reduced capacity to provide services that counter
social isolation. Completely stopping funding is likely to produce more negative effects
than partially reducing funding.

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AssessmentNo 813 Owner rrea
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer CCF
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Ricardo Rea Performance and Strategy Officer Amanda Graham, CO CCF
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF05- Review grant funding of Antonine Sports Centre (ASC)
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Under the proposal the current grant of £74,156 provided to ASC by the
Council would reduce by 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%. (Note that an additional
£25,000 was added to their grant as part of 2023/24 budget motion).
£74,156 is approximately is approximately 27% of the centers 22/23 total
income. The Council provides grant support to a number of strategic partner
organisations in West Dunbartonshire. The Antonine Sports Centre is an
independent charity which has offered access to sports and community
facilities in Duntocher for over 30 years.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
We would work with the group and provide them with practical support,
engage with CVS, and look at any other available funding streams.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Current service users and staff. Members of the public especially those who live in the
surrounding areas including Faifley who might want to use facilities in future. Antonine
Sports Centre (ASC) is the closet such facility for people living in Duntocher and Faifley.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Antonine Sports Centre (ASC) will be consulted about potential impact, and this will be fed
into this impact assessment.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age The Council has an
equality outcome in
The organization has
stated focus on:
Dependent on effect
of any reductions

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relation to
increasing
involvement of
younger people in
Community
Empowerment. The
Equality Act requires
that services do not
discriminate.
Older people and
Children and Young
people.
and profile of service
users.
Cross Cutting
The Council's
Community
empowerment
strategy encourages
Communities to get
involved in their
local areas, and links
with our Equality
Outcomes for 21-25.
It is important that
the Council takes
into account how
combine to affect
different groups and
individuals.
Evidence suggests
that BME, Disabled
people, women and
younger people have
been particularly
affected by COVID
and Cost of Living
impacts.
Dependent on effect
of any reductions
and profile of service
users. Completely
stopping funding is
likely to produce
more negative
effects than partially
reducing funding.
Disability
The Equality Act
requires that
services are
accessible to
disabled people. The
Council has an
equality outcome in
relation to
increasing
involvement of
disabled people in
Community
Empowerment.
The organization has
a stated focus on:
Disabled people.
Disabled people are
more likely to be
income deprived
than non-disabled
people.
Dependent on effect
of any reductions
and profile of service
users.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council must
have regard to the
Fairer Scotland Duty.
The organisation has
12 employees.
Overall Duntocher
has lower than
average child
poverty and early
mortality, but there
are SIMD some more
deprived areas
immediately to the
North west and
further to the east of
the ASC. Failey
which suffer from
significant
deprivation is close
Negative impacts if
workforce was
reduced. Potential
negative impact on
more deprived
communities if they
currently use the
Centre and services
are reduced or costs
increased.

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by.
Sex
The Equality Act
requires that
services do not
discriminate.
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived than men.
Women are less
likely to access to a
car than men.
Dependent on effect
of any reductions
and profile of service
users.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
wellbeing is a focus
area of our 22-27
Strategic Plan.
The organization has
stated focus on:
People with health
problems.
Potential negative
impacts if services
provision was
reduced or costs
increased for users.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
The Council has an
equality outcome in
relation to
increasing
involvement of BME
people in
Community
Empowerment. The
Equality Act requires
that services do not
discriminate.
Most BME groups
are more likely than
most white groups
to be income
deprived. Overall
BME groups are less
likely to have access
to a car.
Dependent on effect
of any reductions
and profile of service
users.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 813: details potential impacts of funding reductions or complete removal, currently
Council funding makes up approximately 27% of the Antoine Sports Centre's income;
Impacts are Dependent on effect of any reductions and profile of service users, but these are
likely negative for older and younger people and disabled people and women. Completely
stopping funding is likely to produce more negative effects than partially reducing funding.

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AssessmentNo 885 Owner dmain
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer, CCCF
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Stephen Daly, Citizen and Library Manager David Main, Libraries Team
Leader
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF06 - Review library materials spend
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Following changes made to the library estate during the 2023/24 financial
year, this option looks at reducing the budget for library materials by
£50,000.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Libraries
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
West Dunbartonshire Council residents/library users
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Library services
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
Library membership
is open to all ages,
with a statutory duty
to provide adequate
range of materials
for the very young to
the very old.
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council takes
account of how
Other Council
proposals may
further negatively
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new

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factors might
interact.
impact users - such
as the relocation of
community libraries
and their associated
opening hours.
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Disability
The council has a
legal duty to make
its services
accessible to
disabled people, this
is both proactively
('Anticipatory') and
also requires
Reasonable
Adjustments.
People with mobility
issues experience
additional barriers
to accessing Council
services. Library
materials are
provided in a range
of formats to assist
those with visual or
hearing
impairments.
Reducing the range
of materials
available to users
may negatively
impact those with
visual or hearing
impairments.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council has a
focus on reducing
poverty.
Library services
address many issues
associated with
poverty and the
cost-of-living,
including offering
free internet access
and free reading
material.
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Sex
Gender Reassign
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
Libraries are
required to ensure
that materials are
provided to support
marginalised
sections of the
community.
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Health
Health and
Wellbeing is a
priority focus area in
the Council's
Strategic Plan.
Reading is proven to
contribute to
positive mental
health.
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
People who do not
speak English well
may experience
additional barriers
to accessing
services. Libraries
are required to
ensure that
Reducing the
resource budget
introduces new
challenges to making
library materials
available in a range
of appropriate
languages.

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materials are
provided in a range
of appropriate
languages.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
Libraries are
required to ensure
that materials are
provided to support
marginalised
sections of the
community.
Reducing the library
materials budget
will present new
challenges in
providing an
adequate range of
resources.
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
A thorough review will be undertaken to identify where the spend can be rationalised
across the eight physical community libraries, five school libraries and one mobile library
to ensure best value, while ensuring that an adequate range and balance of materials is
maintained.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 885: A reduction to the Libraries materials budget will bring a disadvantage to the
library members and the service in general. However, steps would be undertaken to
remove direct impact to service users on an equalities level. The assessment details
potential negative impacts in terms of race, disability and age, health, human rights
including children's rights, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and socio-economic
impact for consideration.

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AssessmentNo 927 Owner ndocherty
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members to be updated
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF11 -Review Highland Games Spend
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Currently the Council provides a £14k grant to the Loch Lomond Highland Games
committee in addition to financing all staffing and infrastructure for the event
itself. Under this option, the £14k grant would be withdrawn but the Council would
continue to provide the infrastructure, facilities and staffing to run the event.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
WDLT
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Residents, visitors, local businesses.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
WDLT
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Need to consider
Fairer Scotland Duty
requirements.
Partial reduction in
funding (eg the grant
to the committee).
Potentially may
impact on the local
economy if the
committee decided
not to proceed with
the event as a result
of the withdrawal of

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grant.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 927 We have considered the potential socio economic impact in line with the Fairer Scotland
Duty and have concluded there is likely to be minimal impact.

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AssessmentNo 956 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Laura Mason - Chief Education Officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF15 West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust Options
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
This option would mean WDLT retain the three leisure centres, with all
community centres, pitches and pavilions being transferred back to be
managed by the Council as part of their wider asset portfolio. The saving
would be accomplished via a saving in management fee to WDLT. If
management of assets moves from WDLT to WDC, the council will continue to
meet its obligations in terms of Equality and Human Rights. These are detailed
in the WDLT business plan covered by EIA 882.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Council services
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
No employees or services will be affected by this savings option. If management of assets
moves from WDLT to WDC, the council will continue to meet its obligations in terms of
Equality and Human Rights. These are detailed in the WDLT business plan covered by EIA 882.
Which covers all the elements below, please refer to 'cross cutting'.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Michelle Lynn, Assets Coordinator - conducted this high level efficiency option; Laurence
Slavin, Chief Officer - Resources; Laura Mason, Chief Education Officer.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Cross Cutting The Council should If management of Neutral overall.

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consider how
different elements'
may interact. Please
review EIA 882 of
the WDLT business
plan for information.
assets moves from
WDLT to WDC, the
council will continue
to meet its
obligations in terms
of Equality and
Human Rights.
These are detailed in
the WDLT business
plan covered by EIA
882.
Disability
The Council has a
duty to ensure that
services are
accessible to
disabled people.
If management of
assets moves from
WDLT to WDC, the
council will continue
to meet its
obligations in terms
of Equality and
Human Rights.
These are detailed in
the WDLT business
plan covered by EIA
882.
Neutral.
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to consider
the requirements o
the Fairer Scotland
Duty.
There would be no
effect on employee
posts. The saving
would be
accomplished via a
saving in
management fee to
WDLT.
Neutral in terms of
the economy of the
area and impact on
employees.
Sex Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Gender Reassign Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Health Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Human Rights Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Race Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Religion and Belief Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Sexual Orientation Please refer to 'cross
cutting'.
Please refer to 'cross
cutting'. Neutral.
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please

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provide justification for this.
N/A
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
N/A
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Don't Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 956; If management of assets moves from WDLT to WDC, the council will continue to meet
its obligations in terms of Equality and Human Rights. These are detailed in the WDLT business
plan covered by EIA 882. Employees and service users should be unaffected.

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AssessmentNo 888 Owner dmain
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer, CCCF
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Stephen Daly, Citizen and Library Manager David Main, Libraries Team
Leader
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF19 - Review of Library Staffing
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Under this option, a review would be undertaken of the core library
staffing out with the branch libraries. This includes posts coordinating and
delivering activities which support literacy and digital inclusion. The
review would consider existing and possible alternative provision.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Libraries
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
West Dunbartonshire Council staff, library users and residents.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Library services
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
Library membership
is open to all ages,
with a statutory duty
to provide adequate
range of materials
for the very young to
the very old.
Reducing the library
offer will most likely
negatively impact
young families and
older residents,
given that these are
the primary users of
the services under
review.

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Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council takes
account of how
factors might
interact.
Other Council
proposals may
further negatively
impact users - such
as the relocation of
community libraries
and their associated
opening hours.
Reducing the library
service offer will
most likely
adversely affect
those who are
already experiencing
isolation or
hardship.
Disability
The council has a
legal duty to make
its services
accessible to
disabled people, this
is both proactively
('Anticipatory') and
also requires
Reasonable
Adjustments.
People with mobility
issues experience
additional barriers
to accessing Council
services. Library
materials are
provided in a range
of formats to assist
those with visual or
hearing
impairments.
Reducing the library
service offer may
negatively impact
those with
disabilities, as
tailored individual
support is provided
by the services
under review.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council has a
focus on reducing
poverty.
Library services
address many issues
associated with
poverty and the
cost-of-living,
including offering
free internet access
and free reading
material, free and
welcoming warm
spaces, free
community support
and free educational
activities.
Any reduction to
library provision
will further limit the
opportunity for
those already
experiencing social
isolation and/or
hardship to access
support. As more
and more physical
routes to support
continue to switch to
digital, those who
are not currently
connected will face
yet more obstacles
in accessing
assistance.
Sex
The Council needs to
consider impacts on
staff and users.
The affected Library
posts are
predominantly held
by females (71%).
Any reductions in
staff numbers will
likely negatively
impact women more
because of
workforce
composition.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
Wellbeing is a
priority focus area in
the Council's
Strategic Plan.
Activities which
support social and
digital inclusion are
proven to contribute
to positive mental
health.
Reducing the library
service offer will
likely reduce the
opportunities for
residents to
participate in
activities which
contribute to

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positive physical and
mental health.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
People who do not
speak English well
may experience
additional barriers
to accessing
services.
Reducing the library
service offer may
adversely affect
those for whom
English is not a first
language, as more
tailored support can
be provided by the
services under
review.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
While the reduction in the library offer would impact on the service being provided, this
could be mitigated by looking at alternatives for delivery such as through another service
or partners. Affected employees would be supported in line with council policies including
SWITCH.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 888: A reduction to the Libraries staffing and Leadership will bring a disadvantage to
the library members and the service in general. The assessment details likely negative
impacts in terms of race, disability and age, health, and socio-economic impact for
consideration. However, steps would be undertaken to remove direct impact to service
users on an equalities level. Because of the predominance of female employees, more of
them are likely to be affected by reductions.

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AssessmentNo 824 Owner sjump
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer - CCF
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Sharon Jump - Facilities Management Ricardo Rea - Performance and Strategy
Officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF20 - Review of Menus and Food Purchases
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council spends over £1.7million a year on food to provide healthy and
nutritious meals across education establishments. Food costs for school meals
have continued to rise over the last year and waste is an issue which the
service continues to work to reduce. A review would be undertaken across the
menus to remove waste and reduce costs. This could for example, mean
moving from one meat free day a fortnight, to a meat free day once a week, or
moving in line with guidance to providing a choice of two vegetables to
accompany meals rather than the current three. All school menus would
continue to meet national nutritional guidance and requirements.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Facilities Management
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Pupils, Parents &Carers
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Client - Education
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
We need to take
account of impact on
children.
See evidence below.
This proposal is
likely to have a
neutral impact for
most groups.

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Potentially positive
for some groups in
terms of choice.
Cross Cutting
It is important to
maintain uptake of
free school meals. It
is important to look
at how factors can
cross cut.
Increase in choice
for those wanting to
eat non meat meals.
No evidence that
introducing the
change would
decrease uptake of
free school meals.
Neutral.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
It is important to
maintain uptake of
free school meals.
No evidence that
introducing the
change would
decrease uptake of
free school meals.
Neutral.
Sex
Women/single
parents; Priority
group in terms of
child poverty.
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived than men.
Around 90% of
single parents are
women.
This proposal is
likely to have a
neutral impact for
most groups.
Potentially positive
for some groups in
terms of choice.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
United Nations
Convention on the
Rights of the Child -
we should consider
at three domains of
the above, provision,
protection and
participation.
Surveys under taken
in 2021 and 2022 in
both the primary
and secondary
surveys ‘more
choice’ came across
strongly as
something that
would encourage
people to take
school meals.
Neutral for most
groups. Potentially
positive for some
groups in terms of
choice, in terms of
provisions and
protection. In terms
of participation we
have taken into
account results from
surveys with school
pupils.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME groups focus in
terms of child
poverty.
No evidence that
introducing the
change would
decrease uptake of
free school meals.
This proposal is
likely to have a
neutral impact for
most groups.
Potentially positive
for some groups in
terms of choice.
Religion and Belief
Provision needs to
take account of
religion and belief.
Provision would not
be reduced.
This proposal is
likely to have a
neutral impact for

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most groups.
Potentially positive
for some groups in
terms of choice.
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 824: Neutral for most groups. Potentially positive for some groups in terms of choice of
meals. There is no indication that important factors such as uptake of free school meals would
be negatively impacted. We also have taken into account results from surveys with school
pupils carried out in 2021 and 2022.

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AssessmentNo 887 Owner lorraine.phimister
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Stephen Daly - Citizen Services
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF21- Review of Contact Centre
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Currently the contact centre employs nine staff. Under this option, the
Contact Centre provision would continue with eight members of staff,
with work undertaken to promote alternative methods of contacting or
reporting issues to the Council including via email, social media and via
the website. This would generate a saving of circa £30k per annum.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Citizen Services
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
West Dunbartonshire Council Citizens, Businesses and Visitors
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Citizen Services
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provided
services.
Older people are
more likely to be
disabled.
Negative for some
older people who
rely entirely on
telephone services.
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council takes
account of how
factors might
interact.
The Scottish
Women's Budget
Group notes that
women and girls
have a
Increased waiting
time may have
negative effect on
both services users
and staff overall.

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disproportionate
reliance on local
government services
because they do
most of the unpaid
care work and
therefore rely on
local services to
support themselves
and their families.
Decisions made
about locally run
public services will
therefore have a
greater impact on
women, with
disabled women,
carers, women from
ethnic minority
communities, single
parents and low paid
women likely to feel
the biggest impacts.
Disability
The council has a
legal duty to make
its services
accessible to
disabled people, this
is both proactively
('Anticipatory') and
also requires
Reasonable
Adjustments.
Waiting time
increases may have
more effect on those
living with certain
impairments or
conditions.
Negative for some
disabled people who
rely entirely on
telephone services.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council has a
focus on reducing
poverty.
Cross cuts with sex
in this instance.
Negative see 'sex'
above.
Sex
We need to take into
account differential
impacts.
Research shows that
women are overall
more reliant on
pubic services.
Women make up
90% of single
parents. Currently
all contact centre
employees are
women apart from
one man. Women
are more likely to be
in poverty than men
e.g. women make up
90% of single
parents.
Because of staff
composition
reduction on posts
will affect women
more than men.
Gender Reassign

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Health
Health and
wellbeing is focus
area in the Council's
Strategic Plan.
Accessing help and
advice in good time
helps reduce stress.
Could have negative
impact of services
users due to stress
of not being able to
speak to someone.
Could increase
stress of contact
centre employees.
Human Rights
United Nations
Convention on the
Rights of the Child -
'provision' is a
relevant
consideration
Cross cuts with sex
and age (children
and young people).
Some potential
disadvantage in
terms of level of
provision.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity Cross cuts with sex. Cross cuts with sex. Cross cuts with sex.
Race
The Council must
not discriminate in
the way it provides
services.
Service users with
no or little English
would potentially
face additional
barriers due to
increased waiting
time. There is no
system in place for
language Line use in
this Contact method
although there is an
opportunity to build
this in.
Potentially more
negative for
speakers of
languages other than
English.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
There would be a need and opportunity to improve online processes and communication
with services across Council services to help in reducing the number of calls from
residents who can self-manage reducing call wait times for those who require additional
support. There would be a need and opportunity to put in place a robust system for calls
and call backs via Language Line and using Contact BSL as required. If relying on
messages being left reliable/timely callback/contact systems would be required.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 887: Waiting times are likely to increase. Details potential negative impacts for
service users who are older people, disabled people and some members of some BME
groups, women and children. There would be a need and opportunity to put in place a

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robust system for calls and call backs via Language Line and using Contact BSL as
required. As the vast majority of staff are female reductions are likely to affect women
more than men.

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AssessmentNo 914 Owner etroup
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Elaine Troup Communities Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Amanda Graham, Chief Officer for Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy
policy function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF24 - Reduction to Community Budgeting fund
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To consider the impact on community groups if the fund is reduced.
The proposal is to consider a reduction to the recurring Community
Budgeting (CB) grant of either 15% (£8,010), 30% (£16,021), 50%
(£26,702) or 100% (£53,404).
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Elected members, senior management and Communities Team
management.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
The staff members, other council service areas and the service users/communities
that the team support. The Communities Team supports the empowerment / youth
empowerment agenda in a variety of ways including through the Community
Budgeting (CB) process. This is a democratic process where local citizens can vote
to decide what groups / projects should be awarded grant funding. The Council has
been successfully delivering CB over 6 phases now since 2016 allowing local people
to direct almost £1m in support to valuable community organisations. The fund is
well established and the local democratic process has continuously improved
through meaningful participation from local people ensuring those involved
improve their confidence, skills and social networks. This process responds to the
Community Choices Framework agreement between CoSLA and the Scottish
Government that commits that local authorities will target 1% of their annual
budgets through participatory processes. The CB fund contributes to this annual
target. Any reduction in the fund will require to be made up elsewhere. Any
reduction to this budget will impact the most deprived communities across the
authority. The money is directed by local people to support the most disadvantaged
and allow the continuation or start-up of community projects and organisation.

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These are often projects that support life skills, confidence building, isolation,
addictions, health and well-being, poverty of opportunity and food and fuel poverty.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Elected member, senior officers and the Communities management team.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have
in relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and
whether there is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation. This
fund has supported a
range of
organisations that
deliver community-
based services for
people of all ages.
Many groups are
focused on
supporting young
people to provide
opportunities to
engage in positive
activities.
Previous rounds of
CB has supported
groups that provide
sport, craft and
cultural activities for
young people giving
many an
opportunity to
participate in a safe
and welcoming
environment.
Each phase of CB has
allowed the process
to improve and the
community to
further benefit from
the funding. Each
project provides an
evaluation report
ensuring that the
funding is reaching
the most vulnerable
in our communities.
Cross Cutting
West
Dunbartonshire
benefits from a
wealth of
community
organisations
delivering valuable
services to support
people in our most
disadvantaged
communities. These
groups rely on the
voluntary
commitment of local
people aiming to
make a difference in
their communities.
The groups that
have been supported
through this fund in
the past include:
food banks,
addiction support
services, disability
groups, faith groups,
groups that support
young people into
sporting activities,
diversionary
Empowering
communities and
increasing local
democracy is a
preventative
approach to increase
individual and
community
resilience that in
turn reduces the
burden on public
services. By
supporting
community
organisations to
expand their offer to
those most in need
across the authority
supports the
ambitions set out in
the LOIP and
Strategic Plan of
addressing
inequalities. Many
community groups
operate in areas
suffering from
multiple deprivation
and represent many
The impact
reductions are more
likely to fall on more
disadvantaged
communities to
varying degrees. The
reduction will also
have an impact on
the council's
commitment to the
Community Choices
1% Framework
Agreement between
COSLA and the
Scottish
Government. This
requires the decision
on how 1% of local
authority annual
budget should be
spent to be taken by
local citizens. The
recurring CB
allocation (£53,404)
contributes to the
Council's annual
return and any
reduction will be
reflected in the

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activities, creative
clubs, IT clubs,
development trusts
and isolation
support groups. This
does not cover all
the groups
supported but
provides
confirmation that
this fund has a very
wide reach and
impact. The fund
supports priority
groups across the
authority and seeks
to support others to
address poverty of
opportunity.
different equality
groups. Community
groups provide
important benefits
that include
opportunities for
people to meet,
socialise, improve
their confidence,
their health and
tackle social
isolation.
return to the
Scottish Government
or will be made-up
elsewhere in the
organisation.
Disability
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation. A
number of disability
groups have applied
repeatedly and been
successful in
securing money
through the CB
process. This
evidences the
support needed for
groups to allow
them to continue to
support members of
the community.
Disability groups
have been supported
in the past and
include: National
Autistic Society,
West
Dunbartonshire
Dyslexia Support,
Shopmobility, West
Dunbartonshire
Epilepsy Support
Group, The Big
Disabilty Group and
Get up and Go Youth
Club. Disabled
people and those
living in a household
with a disabled
person are more
likely to be income
deprived.
Collectively these
groups support
hundreds of people
on a regular
occurrence across
the authority. The
impact on the
Council/HSCP could
be significant if
these groups were
not supported to
continue their work.
Social & Economic
Impact
Tackling poverty
especially child
poverty is priority
for the Council and
this fund has
supported
foodbanks on every
occasion.
The impact of the
decision will be felt
across the most
disadvantaged
communities to
varying degrees.
Reduced provision
may result in
reduced ability to
tackle economic and
financial inequality.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Empowered and
active communities
improve people's
Groups that offer
drama, martial arts,
creative arts and
Collectively these
groups support
hundreds of people

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physical and mental
health. It supports
communities to
come together and
to make connections
which for some can
be the only
opportunity to
engage with others.
Community
Budgeting supports
this coming together
of people by
supporting a wide
range of
organisations to
continue to hold
events and promote
activity.
addiction support
can all make a
difference to
someone's health
and / mental health.
on a regular
occurrence across
the authority. The
impact on the
Council/HSCP could
be significant if
these groups were
not supported to
continue their work.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation of BME
groups.
At the Scotland level
it is recognised that
BME are under
presented in terms
of participation.
Potentially negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be
implemented, please provide justification for this.
While this reduced budget will result in fewer community groups being supported,
the budget forms only a small part of the 1% of Council budgets to be committed to
Community Budgeting mainstreaming during 2020/21.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Community Budgeting and the annual reporting on the Community Choices
Framework agreement will continue to be monitored and reported on.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 914: The impact of reductions would be felt across the most disadvantaged
communities to varying degrees, membership of these groups cross cuts with
equality groups including young people, BME people and disabled people identified
in our 2021-25 Equality Outcome on increasing participation. Higher levels of
reductions will have a more pronounced impact. Lower level of reduction would
reduce the impact on communities and to allow us to contribute to the Community
Choices Framework agreement.

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AssessmentNo 913 Owner etroup
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Elaine Troup Communities Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Amanda Graham, Chief Officer, Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF25 - Reduction to the Community Engagement Budget
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Consider the impact of saving from the recurring Community Engagement
Budget of 15% (£6,450), 30% (£12,900), 50% (£21,500) or 100%
(£43,000).
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Elected members, senior management and Communities Team
management.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
The staff members, other council service areas and the service users/communities that the
team support.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Elected member, senior officers and the Communities management team.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation.
Participation
amongst younger
age groups, 18- 34 is
significantly lower
than other age
groups in WD.
This may have a
potentially negative
impact on the
support that the
team can provide for
participation of
young people.
Cross Cutting West
Dunbartonshire
Empowering
communities and
Any reduction in the
Community

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benefits from a
wealth of
community
organisations
delivering valuable
services to support
people in our most
disadvantaged
communities. These
groups rely on the
voluntary
commitment of local
people aiming to
make a difference in
their communities.
increasing local
democracy is a
preventative
approach to increase
individual and
community
resilience that in
turn reduces the
burden on public
services. By
supporting
community
organisations to
expand their offer to
those most in need
across the authority
supports the
ambitions set out in
the LOIP and
Strategic Plan of
addressing
inequalities. Many
community groups
operate in areas
suffering from
multiple deprivation
and represent many
different equality
groups. Community
groups provide
important benefits
that include
opportunities for
people to meet,
socialise, improve
their confidence,
their health and
tackle social
isolation.
Engagement budget
will reduce the
number of groups or
events that can be
supported. This in
turn will impact the
individuals and
communities the
group supports. It
will have an impact
on the methods of
engagement used by
the team and would
reduce the team’s
capacity to reach
those that have
never engaged
before including
communities that
are most deprived.
Disability
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation.
Disabled people and
those living in a
household with a
disabled person are
more likely to be less
able to participate
fully in community
life.
This may have a
potentially negative
impact on the
support that the
team can provide for
participation of
disabled people.
Social & Economic
Impact
Tackling poverty
especially child
poverty is priority
for the Council.
Participation
amongst people
from lower socio-
economic
backgrounds is
relatively low in WD.
Any reduction in the
Community
Engagement budget
will reduce the
number of groups or
events that can be

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supported. This in
turn will impact the
individuals and
communities the
group supports. It
will have an impact
on the methods of
engagement used by
the team and would
reduce the team’s
capacity to reach
those that have
never engaged
before including
communities that
are most deprived.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
The WDC Strategic
Plan 2022-27,
identifies health and
well being as a
priority.
Empowered and
active communities
improve people's
physical and mental
health. It supports
communities to
come together and
to make connections
which for some can
be the only
opportunity to
engage with others.
Any reduction in the
Community
Engagement budget
will reduce the
number of groups or
events that can be
supported.
Human Rights
UNCRC
considerations in
terms of
participation and
young people.
Cross cuts with
'Age'.
Potentially negative
in terms of provision
and participation of
young people.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Council Equality
Outcome increasing
participation of BME
groups
BME groups are
more likely to have
barriers to
participate fully in
community life.
This may have a
potentially negative
impact on the
support that the
team can provide for
participation of BME
groups.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.

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The Council has a duty to balance the budget. The Communities team will continue to
support communities however any reduction in the Community Engagement budget will
reduce the number of groups or events that can be supported.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 913: Potential negative impacts for more deprived communities and certain equality
groups, reducing a resource that could help advance our equality outcomes. The need for
this fund is evident in the demand and the on-going commitment of communities across
West Dunbartonshire to tackle inequalities. The existing budget is limited so any reduction
will have an impact. A 100% cut to the fund will severely restrict the Communities Team in
carrying out their role.

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AssessmentNo 881 Owner etroup
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Elaine Troup Communities Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Amanda Graham, Chief Officer for Citizen, Culture and Facilities.
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy
policy function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF26- Reduction to the Communities Team Core Budget
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Consider the impact of the proposed staff reduction by £117,000.
This is equivalent to between 2.3 - 2.7FTE.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Senior WDC staff, HR team and senior Communities
Team staff.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
The Communities Team supports the empowerment / youth empowerment agenda
seeking to increase individual and community participation and action to reduce
the pressure on public resources. This preventative approach also supports
improved health and mental health outcomes, increased confidence and improved
social cohesion. The specialist components of the Communities Team service
include: 1. Community Empowerment / Development that supports communities
to become more active in community life and deliver valuable services to many of
our most disadvantaged communities. This includes delivery of externally funded
projects for the benefit of West Dunbartonshire communities. 2. Local democracy
that promotes and supports increased community participation and activity that in
turn improves individual and community well-being, network and levels of
confidence. 3. Youth Learning ensures the team can provide invaluable support to
young people at various stages through their education journey. This is delivered
through work in and out with the school setting. 4. Youth Work that supports
young people towards improved outcomes and positive destinations. This valuable
work also supports the Community Planning approach to reduce anti-social
behaviour by engaging with disadvantaged or vulnerable young people. 5.
Community Planning manager for the authority to support the key objective of

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reducing inequalities. 6. Poverty the team supports a number of programmes that
support our most vulnerable citizens through food poverty, period poverty and the
increasing provision of a cash-first approach. If taken this savings option will reduce
the service provision of the team. This will also reduce the support available for
other service areas.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation has been carried out in the context of the budget review. This has
included consultation among senior Council staff and managers in the
Communities Team.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have
in relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and
whether there is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Child Poverty is a
significant issue for
West
Dunbartonshire and
a priority for the
council. Equality
Outcome on
increasing
participation
The Glasgow City
Region Intra
regional Analysis
(Set 2023) highlights
that after Glasgow,
WD has the highest
rates of child
poverty after
housing costs at
27.6%. Higher than
the Scottish rate of
24.5.
A reduction in the
team will have an
impact on the
number of families
that we can support
through the Food
Insecurity, Cash First
and Youth Work
services. In addition,
the community
development offer of
the team supports
community
organisations to
form and to offer
valuable services
that target our most
deprived
communities.
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council assesses
how proposals will
impact in a cross
cutting and
cumulative way.
The Community
Empowerment
(Scotland) Act 2015
has the potential to
address the
structural, social and
economic challenges
faced by many in our
most deprived
communities.
Empowering
communities and
increasing local
democracy is a
preventative
approach to increase
individual and
community
resilience that in
Controllable
staffcosts. This
savingsoption would
see theFcontrollable
staffFcosts (£0.69m)
beingFreduced by
£117,000. This isF
equivalent toF
between 2.3 -
2.7FTE. ThisF
controllable figureF
excludes externalF
funding and anyF
funding of theF
service from other
Council service areas.

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turn reduces the
burden on public
services. This
approach is reflected
through WDC's 3
year Community
Learning and
Development Plan
and the Council's
Community
Empowerment
Strategy to ensure
delivery of
community
development, youth
work, diversionary
and outreach and
out of school hours
learning provides
increased
opportunities for
our most
disadvantaged
communities to
improve their life,
learning and
communities.
This would represent
further change and
reduction of the
team. Further
reductions will
impact the ability to
meet the growing
demand for our
service. This is
particularly the case
as we continue to
experience high
demand from
communities as they
continue their
recovery from the
pandemic and from
the on-going cost of
living crisis. The
team support the
Cash first and energy
hardship funds - that
are designed to
reduce the reliance
on food banks and
assist people to cope
with the rise in cost
of living. The team
will also be restricted
in their role through
youth learning to
meet the growing
demand from young
people who are
experiencing a range
of complex issues.
The team manages
external
relationships to
support the
successful delivery of
the Community
Planning West
Dunbartonshire
(CPWD), delivery of
the CLD Plan, Youth

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Learning, Food
Insecurity and Cash
First projects and
the Community
Empowerment
agenda. The capacity
to support these
relationship and
networks will be
reduced and will
impact on the
associated
deliverables.
Disability
The Council's child
poverty report notes
disabled people as
priority group.
Equality Outcome on
increasing
participation.
Disabled people and
those living in a
household with a
disabled person are
more likely to be
income deprived and
have reduced
opportunities.
A reduction to the
team could impact
the community
development
provision delivered
that will then impact
on the number of
organisations
offering relevant
support.
Social & Economic
Impact
The communities we
work with are often
from disadvantaged
backgrounds and
likely to be affected
by inequality,
poverty and
disadvantage.
Significantly, the
team support the
Council's anti-
poverty agenda
through our work on
food insecurity and
period poverty.
Communities Team
seeks to work within
communities to
improve individual
and community
resilience and to
promote more active
communities. We
provide support in a
number of ways
because: People and
communities benefit
from increased local
democracy and
improved social
networks;
Community
empowerment and
active citizenship
supports healthier
and more connected
lives and creates
safer communities
and reduces the
burden on the public
sector; There are
increasing numbers
of people
experiencing food
poverty; People face
There could be
negative
consequences from a
socio- economic
point of view.

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physical and
psychological
barriers to learning
opportunities
because of personal
circumstances and
professional support
will help people to
overcome these
barriers. It's difficult
to maintain
participating in
learning without
professional, expert
support.
Sex
The Local Outcome
Improvement Plan
identifies the need to
address the
inequalities across
our communities. In
addition, our child
poverty report notes
women people as
priority group.
Women comprise
90% of single
parents who are
more likely to be
income deprived.
A reduction to the
team could impact
the Community
planning offer and
community
development
provision delivered
that will then impact
on the number of
organisations
offering relevant
support. Reduction
may affect male and
or female members
of the team.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
All aspects of our
work should
respond to the rights
of children and
young people.
Article 13 (freedom
of expression). Every
child must be free to
express their
thoughts and
opinions and to
access all kinds of
information, as long
as it is within the
law. article 12
(respect for the
views of the child)
Every child has the
right to express their
views, feelings and
wishes in all matters
The work of the
Youth Learning team
supports, through
education, local
democracy and and
active citizenship to
support the UNCRC.
A reduction to the
team could impact
the Youth Work offer
and particularly
around outreach and
diversionary work
that supports young
people through
more positive use of
their time and
through delivery of
the WD Youth
Council supporting
local democracy for
young people.

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affecting them, and
to have their views
considered and
taken seriously.
UNCRC good
practice to look at
'participation' and
'Provision' for CYP,
cross cut with 'Age'
above.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Cross-cutting with
sex.
Cross-cutting with
sex.
Cross-cutting with
sex.
Race
Our child poverty
report notes people
from BME groups as
a priority group.
Equality Outcome on
increasing
participation.
People from BME
groups are more
likely to me more
income deprived.
A reduction to the
team could impact
the community
development
provision delivered
that will then impact
on the number of
organisations
offering relevant
support.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be
implemented, please provide justification for this.
The proposal to further reduce the Communities Team is in response to the
financial challenges faced by the organisation.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
The work of the team will continue to be monitored and reported on through the
use of relevant project boards, CPP and Pentana.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 881 details some potentials impacts on some disadvantaged groups e.g. This
team supports the Council's empowerment agenda, youth learning, food insecurity
and period poverty and supports the management of the Community Planning
Partnership, and the Equality Outcome on boosting participation of under
represented equality groups. The proposed saving would mean a further reduction
in staff within the Communities Team between 2.3 - 2.7FTE. The saving would
result in work of the team being reviewed and some services reducing or stopping.
The service would continue to deliver externally funded projects that will take
priority.

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AssessmentNo 903 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior Education
Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU01 - School Clothing Grant
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council currently pays a school clothing grant of £150 per eligible child per
year to primary and secondary school pupils to support them with the cost of
providing school uniform. The Scottish Government funding provision for this is
£150 for secondary school pupils and £120 for primary school pupils. Therefore
the Council is funding £30 for primary school pupils over and above the fully
funded statutory requirement Under this option school clothing grant payments
for eligible primary school pupils would be brought in line with the Scottish
Government funding provision of £120 with the secondary school payments
maintained at £150.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the provision of
this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s, TU’s to advise of possible
changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Children attending schools, as this will affect their families ability to fund suitable clothing for
school and school uniform.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation with other Council department who currently provide this service. Consultation
with HR, HTs and TU’s to advise of possible impact on families.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact

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Age
Cross Cutting
The Council has a
focus on reducing
child poverty. We
should have a focus
on intersectionality.
Cost of the school
day is a
consideration.
The impacts above
may combine.
Disability
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
Households with one
or more disabled
person are more
likely to be income
deprived.
Negative.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
consider the
interplay between
social and economic
factors.
Historically the
School Clothing
Grant has been
increased locally as a
direct response to
need.
Negative Impact. A
reduction in
household income
by reducing the
School Clothing
Grant will impact the
poorest in our
communities.
Sex
Women/single
parents; Priority
group in terms of
child poverty.
Women are more
likely to income
deprived than men.
Around 90% of
single. parents are
women.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
wellbeing are a
priority for the
Council as noted in
our Strategic Plan
22-27.
Household income
has a direct
correlation to health
and wellbeing.
Negative Impact.
There is a direct
correlation between
household income
and health -
reducing the School
Clothing Grant may
impact negatively on
health and
wellbeing.
Human Rights
The right to clothing
is recognized as a
human right.
Article 25 of UDHR. Negative.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
People from BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived than those
from white groups.
Negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions

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Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers. Monitoring will be carried out on a termly
basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 903: The proposed reduction keeps us in line with our statutory obligation. However there
will be negative impacts compared to the current situation which will be more pronounced for
some groups that are more likely to be materially deprived.

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AssessmentNo 902 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior
Education Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick -
Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU02 - PEF Funding
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) is allocated directly to schools to be used to
help close the poverty-related attainment gap. Currently, the Scottish
Government provide West Dunbartonshire Council with £3.38m PEF
directly to schools, with a further £0.390m to the Council for looked-after
children. Since 2021/22, 3.85% (approximately £130,000) of the total
£3.38m PEF funding received has been used centrally to provide posts in
human resources and administration which support the aims of the fund
(prior to 2021/22 £100,000 was used to cover such costs). Under this
proposal this could be increased by £70,000 to £200,000 per annum to
more accurately reflect the incurred costs to provide administrative
support.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the
provision of this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s, TU’s to advise
of possible changes.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All children and young people of school age in West Dunbartonshire Council. A range of
teaching and promoted teaching staff. Some Partner Agencies
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with HT’s, WDC Parent Forum
members, pupils , TU’s, Staffing, Finance Officers and Education central staff.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is

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any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Younger parents are
a priority group for
reducing child
poverty.
Cross cuts with sex. Negative.
Cross Cutting
We need to consider
cross cutting
impacts.
The proposal will
impact on all
children and young
people including
those with Protected
Characteristics for
the following
reasons: Less
availability of staff to
provide targeted
interventions to
reduce the poverty
related attainment
gap. Less availability
of staff to undertake
professional learning
to develop
knowledge and skills
in meeting the range
of learner needs Less
availability of staff to
provide the range of
interventions to
support children and
young people in
small group sessions
Less availability of
staff to provide
responsive and
reactive 1-1 support
for the increasing
range of social and
emotional challenges
our children and
young people face
Less availability of
staff to support,
signpost and provide
practical help to
families of those
most in need.
Negative.
Disability
Families with a
disabled member
are a priority group
Families with a
disabled member
are more likely to be
Negative.

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for tackling child
poverty. in relative poverty.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Single parent
families are a
priority group for
reducing child
poverty.
Single parent
families 90% of
which are headed by
females are more
likely to be in
relative poverty.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
UNCRC
considerations such
as: Provision,
participation and
protection. And any
Human Rights Act
Considerations.
There will be less
staff available in
schools to teach and
support children and
young people in
overcoming the
barriers their living
circumstances
present, when
accessing education.
There will be
significant challenge
to meeting the
refreshed Scottish
Attainment
Challenge stretch
aims and outcomes
set to narrow the
poverty related
attainment gap.
There will be less
resources available
to support staff who
are faced with the
challenges of
children and young
people who are dis-
regulated or require
alternative learning
experiences. There
will be less
opportunity for the
personal and
professional
development of our
employees and our
service. There will
be significant
reduction on
financial supports to
partner
Negative

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organisations who
support SEF
interventions and
projects. Children in
WDC will be
impacted by this
decision more so
than their peers in
neighbouring
authorities.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
priority group for
reducing child
poverty.
BME families more
likely to be in
relative poverty.
Negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 902: The negative impacts for particular groups, i.e. those more likely to be in relative
poverty will not be removed, however some can be minimised in the short term by targeted
use of existing and alternative resources and the knowledge and skills already developed in
some establishments.

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AssessmentNo 898 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior
Education Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick -
Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU03 -Reducation of  Education Maintenance Allowance to Statutory Level
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) gives financial support to eligible
16 – 19 year olds who want to continue learning. The statutory amount for
EMA is a weekly payment of £30, paid every two weeks in arrears.
Presently, West Dunbartonshire Council pay an additional £5 per week
where a young person has 100% attendance. This savings proposal would
reduce the amount we provide to the statutory level of £30 per week for all
pupils.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the
provision of this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s, TU’s to advise
of possible changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All young people presently in receipt of the Education Maintenance Allowance who achieve
100% attendance.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation with other Council departments who are currently involved in the provision
of this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s and TU’s to advise of possible changes.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age EMA is provided to
16-19 year olds in
Reducing the
amount paid will Negative.

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education. The top-
up to the EMA is
given to a small sub-
set who achieve
100% attendance.
impact negatively on
those in receipt, but
whilst many achieve
100% for a number
of weeks in the
session, few achieve
100% attendance for
the whole session.
Cross Cutting
Disability
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
Households with one
or more disabled
person are more
likely to be income
deprived.
Negative.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
consider the
interplay between
social and economic
factors.
Historically the EMA
has been increased
locally as a direct
response to need.
The additional
amount provided
presently is where a
young person
achieves 100%
attendance, so there
may be an adverse
impact on
attendance.
Negative. A
reduction in
household income
by reducing the EMA
will impact the
poorest in our
communities.
Sex
Women/single
parents; Priority
group in terms of
child poverty.
Women are more
likely to income
deprived than men.
Around 90% of
single parents are
women.
Negative
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
wellbeing are a
priority for the
Council as noted in
our Strategic Plan
22-27.
Household income
has a direct
correlation to health.
Negative. There is a
direct correlation
between household
income and health -
reducing the EMA
will impact
negatively on health.
Human Rights
Article 28 of UNCRC
declared that
children and young
people have a right
to education no
matter who they are.
Payment of an EMA
is incentive to stay
on in education
beyond the statutory
leaving age.
Reducing this
incentive will impact
negatively on young
people from more
income deprived
households.
Negative
Marriage & Civil

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Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
People from BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived than those
from white groups.
Negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The top-up to the EMA is given to a small sub-set who achieve 100% attendance. Reducing
the amount paid will impact negatively on those in receipt, but whilst many achieve 100%
for a number of weeks in the session, few achieve 100% attendance for the whole session.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 898: Whilst the change in policy will see a reduction in the amount given to those in
receipt of an EMA, they will still receive the statutory amount; There be a negative financial
impact of potentially £200 per year per young person. Families from BME groups, families
with disabled people, and single parent families are more likely to be income deprived and
experience poverty/child poverty. There may be an adverse impact on attendance which
will be monitored.

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AssessmentNo 897 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Laura Mason - Chief Education Officer Andrew Brown - Senior Education
Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran -
Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU05 - Early Start Clubs
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council currently offers Breakfast Club in all primary schools to ensure
no pupil starts the day without a meal. As use of the club is not means tested,
many working families use the service for childcare in order to attend work.
Under this proposal, free attendance at these clubs would be offered to any
pupil eligible for Free School Meals, with other pupils welcome to attend for a
fee. This would remove the current anomaly of individuals being charged £1
(reduced rate 50p for additional children) for breakfast, whether they qualify
for a free meal or not. This currently generates £57k of income. It now costs
£250,000 to staff and run breakfast clubs. Estimated breakfast club usage
from August 2022 - March 2023 was 1,440 pupils. Income has been based on
an assumption that the level of children attending who are not eligible for
FSM would be around 10% of current uptake for a £6 a day charge, 20% for a
£5 charge and 30% for a £4 a day charge, however this would have to be
tested through consultation with parents.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the provision
of this service. Consultation with stakeholders, HR, HTs &TU’s to advise of
possible changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Families with primary school children who benefit from the service for the provision of
breakfast, and primary school children whose parents drop them off early at school to
facilitate shift work/travel to work. Employees who work within the breakfast clubs.

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Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation with other Council department who currently provide this service. Consultation
with HR, HTs and TU’s to advise of possible impact on families.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
Households with one
or more disabled
person are more
likely to be income
deprived. Loss of
access to breakfast
clubs for financial
reasons could
impact this group
negatively.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
consider the
interplay between
social and economic
factors.
Breakfast clubs were
introduced locally as
a direct response to
need.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.
Sex
Women/single
parents; Priority
group in terms of
child poverty.
Women are more
likely to income
deprived than men.
Around 90% of
single parents are
women. Staff
working in breakfast
clubs are
predominantly
female. Loss of
breakfast clubs
could impact both
women and single
parents negatively.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
wellbeing are a
priority for the
Council as noted in
our Strategic Plan
22-27.
Ensuring children
eat a nutritious
breakfast is
important to their
health and
wellbeing.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.
Human Rights
The right to food is
recognized as a
human right.
Breakfast clubs were
introduced in WDC
school as a direct
response to the fact
that many children
were arriving at
school having had
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.

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nothing to eat that
day. Although
provision would still
exist for those
entitled to FME,
those just above this
threshold you miss
out due to financial
pressures.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
Priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
People from BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived than those
from white groups.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Council has a statutory duty to provide a balanced budget. It will be possible to cater for those
who require breakfast by other means.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers. Monitoring will be carried out on a
termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 897: There is potential negative impact as although provision would still exist for those
entitled to free school meals, those just above this threshold you miss out due to financial
pressures. Whilst breakfast clubs are used by many for the provision of breakfast, for many
others it provides childcare facilities. It will be possible to cater for those who require
breakfast by other means.

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AssessmentNo 904 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Laura Mason - Chief Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist Alison
Bowers - Senior Education Officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU09 -  Out of School Care Service
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The OSC services have reduced over time from morning and afternoon
before and after school sessions, 52 weeks to the current offer of school
term time, evenings only.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
HT/HOC’s, WDC Parent Forum members, pupils, HR, TU’s, Finance Officers
and Education central staff. Also work with alternative OSC providers in the
local area to provide alternative placements for children and families
impacted by the closure.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Children attending the evening Out of School Care service at St. Eunan’s and Linnvale
Primary Schools. 3 Out of School Care workers employed part time.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation with families would be crucial to the process of closure in order to secure
alternative provision for the children currently attending Linnvale and St. Eunan’s Out of
School Care (OSC). Consultation with HT/HOC's, HR, TUs and staff regarding alternative
employment for staff impacted by the closure.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age Council focus on Cross cuts with the Potentially negative.

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tackling child
poverty. Young
parents are also a
focus.
consideration below.
Cross Cutting
Important to look at
cross cutting
impacts.
Membership of more
than one
disadvantaged group
will multiply affects.
Impacts should be
considered in the
round.
Disability
The Council has a
duty to make its
services accessible
to disabled people,
including pupils.
This is an
anticipatory duty.
We must seek to
mitigate any
negative impacts.
Families with one
disabled member
are more likely to
live in relative
poverty.
Reduction may
negatively impact on
disabled pupils and
their families.
Social & Economic
Impact
Council focus on
reducing child
poverty.
At the Scotland level,
use of OSC is
strongly linked to
parental
employment, and
the most common
reason parents give
for using OSC is that
it allows them to
work.
Negative impacts if
other affordable
provision is not
available.
Sex
Single parent
families are a focus a
group for reducing
child poverty.
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived. 90% of
single parents are
women.
Potentially negative
fro families and
children. Potentially
more negative for
women in terms of
staffing due to
workforce
demographics.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
UNCRC especially in
terms of the domain
of 'provision'.
It is important that
there are available
and affordable
provision in the
areas.
Positive Impacts:
Benefit to the OSC
financially may
mean future
financial business
security Reduction
in staff costs.
Reduction in
running costs of the
services. Negative
Impacts: Children
attending the
services are pupils at
both schools.
Children will be

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picked up at their
school to join a new
OSC group of
children at another
location. OSC closure
will result in
redeployment
through Switch for
staff.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
focus a group for
reducing child
poverty.
Most BME groups
more likely to be in
relative poverty and
higher child poverty
than White ethnic
groups.
Potentially negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting children and families involved. Questions asked will
be on the quality, cost and accessibility of alternative services. Care Inspection reports of
the alternative services will be used to ensure that the children experience a quality service.
Monitoring will be carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 904: The EIA notes potential negative impacts for some protected groups of service
users. There are some potential negative impacts for employees. The OSC services have
reduced over time from morning and afternoon before and after school sessions, 52 weeks
to the current offer of school term time, evenings only. There are a small number of users.
There would be financial benefit to the OSC in terminating the service at these two
locations.

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AssessmentNo 895 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Laura Mason - Chief Education Officer Andrew Brown - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior
Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran -
Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU12 - Reduction in Secondary School Management Time
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Secondary school staffing formulas include management time as part of
their basic staffing entitlement. This is calculated based on school roll.
Promoted staff are entitled to non-teaching time to carry out management
duties within the school. This is allocated based on the size of the school and
make-up of the school leadership team and agreed through the Local
Negotiating Committees for Teachers. This proposal would change the
provision of DHTs based on the number of pupils in the school. Presently, a
DHT is provided per 250 pupils. This proposal would ensure that a DHT is
provided for every 300 pupils in the school, but ensuring a minimum of 3
DHTs was in place should a school roll be less than 900.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with Head
Teachers, WDC Parent Forum members, pupils, TU’s, Staffing, Finance
Officers and Education central staff. A range of teaching and promoted
teaching staff will be affected.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All children and young people of school age in West Dunbartonshire Council. A range of
teaching and promoted teaching staff.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with Head Teacher’s, WDC Parent
Forum members, pupils, TU’s, Staffing, Finance Officers and Education central staff.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in

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relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
The Council needs to
be aware of how
factors can interact.
Factors can and do
combine to amplify
the effects of income
deprivation.
Some groups and
combinations of
groups may be more
affected by reduced
budgets.
Disability
The Council had a
duty to make its
services accessible
to disabled people,
including pupils.
This is an
anticipatory duty.
We must seek to
mitigate any
negative impacts.
Families including
families with
children that have
one or more
disabled people in
them are more likely
to be income
deprived.
Reduction may
negatively impact on
disabled pupils and
their families.
Social & Economic
Impact
The council is
committed to
examining how
these factors
interact.
The numbers of
children with
additional support
needs and the
complexity of their
needs has increased
in primary schools.
Some children are
adversely impacted
by poverty. The
nature of support
required for children
has intensified and
requires more
continuous and long
term interventions.
The most effective
supports are based
on those supported
by significant
relationships with a
key adult.
Negative Impact.
Sex Need to assess
differential impacts.
There is an even
distribution of sex
across DHT posts in
secondary schools.
Neutral.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
The proposal will
negatively impact on
all children and
young people
including those with
Protected
There will be less
staff available in
schools to support
children and young
people in
overcoming the
The negative
impacts identified
will not be removed,
however some can
be minimised in the
short term by

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Characteristics as
noted above.
barriers their range
of needs brings,
when accessing
education. There will
be less staff available
to provide additional
support to multi-
agency planning to
meet the needs of
those most at risk or
in need of support.
There will be less
resources available
to support staff who
are faced with the
challenges of
children and young
people who are
disregulated or
require alternative
areas to learn away
from the classroom.
There will be less
opportunity for the
personal and
professional
development of our
employees and our
service due to
increased class
contact of
Management teams.
targeted use of
existing and
alternative
resources and
funding streams in
some
establishments.
However, it needs to
be noted that almost
all of these
alternatives rely on
the additional
funding of the
Strategic Equity
Fund which will
cease in 2026.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME families are a
priority group in
terms of reducing
child poverty.
People from BME
groups are more
likely to be income
deprived.
Reduction may
negatively impact on
more on BME pupils
their families.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The negative impacts identified will not be removed, however some can be minimised in the
short term by targeted use of existing and alternative resources and funding streams in
some establishments. However, it needs to be noted that almost all of these alternatives rely
on the additional funding of the Strategic Equity Fund which will cease in 2026.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact of any changes on the rights of the child as a result of the reduced

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devolved school management funding via school visits, monitoring of Standards and Quality
reports, ongoing consultation and interrogation of data. Monitoring will be carried out on a
termly basis. HR monitoring of range and demographic of staff potentially affected.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 895: Reducing management time in secondary schools will adversely affect children in
our schools, and their rights. The negative impacts identified will not be removed, however
some can be minimised in the short term by targeted use of existing and alternative
resources and funding streams in some establishments. However, it needs to be noted that
almost all of these alternatives rely on the additional funding of the Strategic Equity Fund
which will cease in 2026.

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AssessmentNo 901 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU13 - Reduce Education Development Team
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Currently the Council employs two Education Officers centrally to monitor
the quality of education provision across the authority’s 40 schools. Under
this option, one Education Officer would be retained to deliver this service
including the provision of leadership support for head teachers; dealing with
parental complaints; engaging in liaison with national agencies; and leading
local improvement priorities and work streams. This means that a currently
vacant post will not be filled.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Central Education Service and Head Teachers, HR, TU’s to advise of possible
changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Central Education Service and Head Teachers.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has been appropriate consultation with Senior Officers, HR and Finance.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
It is important to
look at cross cutting
impacts.
The proposal will
negatively impact on
children and young
Negative. Redesign
of services must take
into account these

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people including
those with Protected
Characteristics for
the following
reasons: Less
availability of staff to
support the leading
and management
functions of the
schools; Potential
loss of staff with
experience and
expertise to lead and
guide school
improvement; Less
availability of staff to
national and local
meetings; Less
availability of staff to
engage in the range
of HR policy (e.g.
disciplinary
hearings; health and
wellbeing meetings)
in a timely manner;
and Less availability
of staff to support,
signpost and provide
practical help to
families of those
most in need.
factors, and comply
with legal
requirements
including the
Equality Act, Human
Rights Act and from
mid 2024 UNCRC
incorporation in
terms of the
Compatibility Duty.
Disability
We have an
anticipatory duty on
service accessibility,
a duty to make
reasonable
adjustments, and to
provide auxiliary
aids.
Considerations in
terms of disability
cross cut with other
elements of equality
and human rights.
Any changes must
not result in any
breach of the law.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
UNCRC
considerations in
terms of: Provision
Participation
Protection
Potential impact on
attainment and
achievement
performance of WDC
against national
benchmarks and
comparators.
Potential impact on
school performance
Negative.

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gradings from HMIE
external inspection.
There will be less
staff available in
schools to support
children and young
people in
overcoming the
barriers their range
of needs brings,
when accessing
education. There will
be less staff available
to provide additional
support to multi-
agency planning to
meet the needs of
those most at risk or
in need of support.
There will be less
resources available
to support staff who
are faced with the
challenges of
children and young
people who are dis-
regulated or require
alternative areas to
learn away from the
classroom. There
will be less
opportunity for the
personal and
professional
development of our
employees and our
service due to
increased class
contact of
Management teams.
There will be less
staff available to
respond and support
parents in particular
parental complaints.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions

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Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers. Monitoring will be carried out on a
termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 901: Reduction in capacity will mean negative impacts detailed in the EIA. With
remaining capacity, we will monitor impact of any changes on school functions, attainment
and achievement, staff workload and wellbeing and the rights of the child via school visits, at
yearly staffing meetings, monitoring of Standards and Quality reports, ongoing consultation
and interrogation of data.

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AssessmentNo 906 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU14 - ELC Early Stages Teacher
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
West Dunbartonshire Council employs Early Stage Teachers to provide
learning and teaching support in the 29 Early Learning and Childcare Centre
(ELCC) settings as well as 11 partners. Currently there are 14.8FTE Early
Stage Teachers in post, with 1.6FTE vacant posts. The Early Stages Teacher
is peripatetic and therefore will not impact ratios within settings. Under this
option, 11.4 FTE posts would be retained and learning support for pre-
school children would continue. In addition to the Early Stage Teachers, 19
ELCC settings are located within a Primary School structure and have access
to an additional teacher through this model as they are managed by a Head
Teacher. Five settings linked to a Primary School also have a Principal
Teacher for Early Years and of the 10 stand alone ELCC settings, five have an
Excellence and Equity Lead who also supports.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
ELC Early Stages Teachers and ELC settings.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
ELC Early Stages Teachers and ELC settings.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with ELC Early Stage Teachers,
ELC Settings, ELC Central staff, TU’s, Finance Officers and HR Advisors.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.

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Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Important to
consider cross
cutting impacts.
Equality and other
factors cross cut.
Staff impacted
would be required to
participate in the
WDC Switch
programme and
would require to be
well supported
through this process.
Remaining ELC Early
Stage Teachers
would need to
reprioritise the
workload. Children’s
education could be
impacted by the
reduced access to a
teacher.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Need to have regard
workforce
composition when
considering impacts.
More women in
workforce than men.
More women likely
to affected because
there are more in
the workforce than
men.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Heads Of Centre/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 906: The negative impacts in terms of staffing identified will not be removed, however
some can be minimised by providing adequate notice to ELC Early Stage Teaching staff
impacted to allow them to plan ahead, hopefully reducing stress and supporting them with

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the change involved. Some of the budgeted, for ELC Early Stage Teacher, posts were not filled
recently to minimise number of staff impacted. Potential negative impacts for children in
terms of access to teachers.

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AssessmentNo 907 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU15 - Early Learning and Childcare Officer Posts
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Currently within our 29 WDC ELCC settings there are just over 223 FTE Early
Learning and Childcare Officers (ELCO), made up of 193FTE term-time
contracts and 30FTE 52 week contracts. ELCOs provide learning and care for
all children and typically take responsibility for a group of children,
monitoring, tracking and evidencing their learning. Settings are staffed to
reflect the registration number as provided by Care Inspectorate, however,
actual occupancy levels are lower. There is an opportunity to delete six ELCO
posts in settings where occupancy is lower than registration while
continuing to comply with Care Inspectorate ratios. This will provide a
saving of £201k.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the
provision of this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s, TU’s to advise of
possible changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
ELC ELCO employees and ELC settings.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with ELC ELCO employees
impacted, ELC settings, TU’s, Finance Officers and HR Advisors.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.

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Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
We should consider
cross cutting
aspects.
Proposed changes
may cross cut with
other proposals, it is
important that
decision makers
take account of this.
Negative. Staff
impacted would be
required to
participate in the
WDC Switch
programme and
would require to be
well supported
through this process.
Children’s education
and care could be
impacted in those
settings affected by
the reduction in
ECLO staff.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Need to consider sex
make up when
looking at impacts
on staffing.
Female staff make
up the vast majority
of these teams.
Negative for female
staff.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Heads of Centre/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 907 notes impacts of staff and potentially children's education: The negative impacts
identified will not be removed, however some can be minimised by providing adequate
notice to ELC ELCO staff impacted to allow them to plan ahead, hopefully reducing stress and
supporting them with the change involved. Some of the budgeted for ELC ELCO posts were
not filled recently to minimise number of staff impacted.

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AssessmentNo 908 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU16 - ELC Lead Officer Post
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Currently the management structure within the Council’s ELC settings can
consist of posts including Head Teacher or Principal Officer; Lead Officer
and Senior Practitioner. Some settings also have a supernumerary
Excellence and Equity Lead. In settings registered by the Care Inspectorate
for 100 or more children, an additional Lead Officer is appointed. This is the
case in both Bellsmyre ELC and Dalmonach ELC however both rolls are
significantly lower at 80 and 84 children respectively at the busiest times of
the year. Under this proposal, the management structure would revert to
one Lead Officer in both Bellsmyre ELC and Dalmonach ELC with children
continued to be supported by a Lead Officer, Principal Officer and a Senior
Practitioner.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Feedback is expected from ELC Leads affected, ELC Settings Principal
Officers and staff, TU’s, HR advisors and Finance Officers.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
ELC Leads, affected employees.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with ELC Leads affected, ELC
Settings Principal Officers, ELC staff in those settings, TU’s, Finance Officers and HR
Advisors.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is

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any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Important to
consider cross
cutting impacts.
Employees impacted
would be required to
participate in the
WDC Switch
programme and
would require to be
well supported
through this process.
Remaining ELC
Senior Management
Teams in Bellsmyre
&Dalmonach would
need to re-prioritize
workload and
realign remits. The
education of
children in these
settings could be
impacted by the
reduction in
management.
Negative.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Sex split of
workforces should
be considered.
Pool of employees is
all female.
Impact of women
due to workforce
composition.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation

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EIA 908: The negative impacts identified will not be removed, however some can be
minimised by providing adequate notice to ELC Leads and the Senior Management Teams
impacted to allow them to plan ahead, hopefully reducing stress and supporting them with
the change involved. One of the budgeted, ELC Lead posts, is being filled on an acting basis at
present which will minimise the impact to permanent lead staff. Some potential impact on
the education of children.

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AssessmentNo 899 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior
Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU17 - Review Services for Children, Young People and Families.
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Pupils in educational settings across West Dunbartonshire can receive
additional support through the Collaborative Support Service (CSS) and the
Interrupted Learner Service (ILS). CSS works collaboratively with staff,
Educational Psychologists and Health and Social Care partners to provide the
additional support, training and capacity building required to help children
overcome barriers to attainment and achievement. In addition they support
statutory functions of providing support to hearing and visually impaired
children and young people. ILS supports young people most at risk of missing
out for whom accessing mainstream or specialist settings is not suitable. The
ILS consists of teachers, learning assistants and pupil and family support
workers who engage in supporting emotional wellbeing, core subjects to gain
basic qualifications and support to access wider achievement opportunities in
a range of community based settings. Under this option, pupils would continue
to access these services and receive support from 227 Grade 3 learning
assistants and 116 Grade 4 learning assistants, (Option 1 a reduction of 7 or
option 2 a reduction of 3). In addition, CSS pupils would also benefit from
4FTE teachers, a deputy head teacher and a principal teacher (a reduction of
1.6 FTE). In ILS, pupils would benefit from 4FTE teachers (reduction of 1FTE).
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Staff from the central support service
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Employees from the central support service.

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Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with teams impacted, TU’s, Finance
Officers and HR Advisors.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
It is important to
consider how cross
cutting elements
may interact for all
the relevant
elements above.
Impacts are likely to
be interlinked and
complex.
Redesign of services
must take into
account these
factors, and comply
with legal
requirements
including the
Equality Act, Human
Rights Act and From
mid 2024 UNCRC
incorporation in
terms of the
Compatibility Duty.
Disability
We have an
anticipatory duty on
service accessibility,
a duty to make
reasonable
adjustments, and to
provide auxiliary
aids.
Considerations in
terms of disability
cross cut with other
equality and human
rights elements.
Any changes must
not lead to any
breach of law.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Need to consider any
likely differential
impact in terms of
sex.
More female than
male employees in
this cohort.
Because of
propositions more
women than men
likely to be affected.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Human Rights Act
Requirements.
UNCRC
considerations.
There is a reduction
in team ability to
meet the demand of
pupils. Children’s
education and care
could be impacted in
those settings
affected by the
reduction in staff.
Negative.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race Need to take into
account needs and
Interrupted
Learning Service
Implementation
needs to take

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any service delivery
impacts.
gives support to
some pupils from
Gypsy/Traveller
backgrounds.
account of provision
and needs of groups
where relevant and
as required.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers. Monitoring will be carried out on a
termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 899: Potential negative impacts in terms of children's rights. The negative impacts
identified will not be removed, however some can be minimised by redesigning the ways in
which we deliver support and the increased use of digital technology to support learning.
Redesign must take into account Equality and Human Rights and UNCRC rights requirements.

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AssessmentNo 896 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Laura Mason - Chief Education Officer Andrew Brown - Senior Education
Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior
Education Officer Claire Cusick - Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran -
Principal Educational Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU18 -School SMS Text Messages
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Schools are able to make contact parents using a number of different forms of
communication, including SMS text messaging. Under this option, schools
would continue to contact parents via SMS text message in urgent situations.
All other communication would move to free or lower cost methods including
email or ‘expressions’ app. Reducing the volume of SMS text messages sent out
would save approximately £10,000 per annum.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with Head Teacher’s,
WDC Parent Forum members and Education central staff to facilitate this
change.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
School Office staff; parents and carers indirectly.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with Head Teacher’s, WDC Parent
Forum members, pupils, TU’s, Staffing, Finance Officers and Education central staff.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting It is important to Looking at the areas There should be no

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look at any cross
cutting effects.
above. Schools are
able to make contact
parents using a
number of different
forms of
communication,
including SMS text
messaging. Under
this option, schools
would continue to
contact parents via
SMS text message in
urgent situations. All
other
communication
would move to free
or lower cost
methods including
email or
‘expressions’ app.
negative impacts as
communication
methods will be
adequate.
Disability
The Council has an
anticipatory duty to
ensure that services
are accessible to
disabled people.
A range of
communication
methods will still be
available. Schools
are able to make
contact parents
using a number of
different forms of
communication,
including SMS text
messaging. Under
this option, schools
would continue to
contact parents via
SMS text message in
urgent situations. All
other
communication
would move to free
or lower cost
methods including
email or
‘expressions’ app.
There should be no
negative impacts as
communication
methods will be
adequate.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity

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Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
There are no negative impacts identified with the introduction of this change.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor the volume of communication between schools and parents/carers, and
consult on the impact of the change.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 896: Reducing the volume of text messages will have a positive impact on parents and
carers and staff involved in sending messages from school offices. A range of communication
methods will stay in place. As there is only a positive outcome to this proposal, the
recommendation would be to implement it.

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AssessmentNo 909 Owner andbrown
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Ed
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laura Mason Chief Education Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members
Andrew Brown - Senior Education Officer Julie McGrogan - Senior
Education Officer Alison Bowers - Senior Education Officer Claire Cusick
-Senior Education Officer Ellen Moran - Principal Educational
Psychologist
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title EDU20 - Optimising Primary Class Sizes
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The number of teachers in West Dunbartonshire primary schools is
allocated annually based on the maximum number of children permitted
in each year group. This model adheres with national regulations on
maximum class sizes and is a statutory requirement. Under this option,
class sizes would be optimised with configurations and the annual
staffing exercise based on exact pupil numbers without reserved space.
Core teaching staff required to deliver the curriculum would be
maintained.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Consultation with other Council services who currently assist in the
provision of this service. Consultation with HR, HTs/HOC’s, TU’s to
advise of possible changes.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All children and young people of school age in West Dunbartonshire Council. A range of
teaching and promoted teaching staff. Some Partner Agencies
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
There has not been consultation yet however there will be with HT’s, WDC Parent Forum
members, pupils, TU’s, Staffing, Finance Officers and Education central staff.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact

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Age
Council focus on
tackling child
poverty.. Young
parents are also a
focus.
These aspect
interact with those
noted below.
Negative.
Cross Cutting
We need to consider
intersectionality and
the compounded
impact of those from
multiple protected
groups.
The proposal will
negatively impact on
children and young
people including
those with Protected
Characteristics for
the following
reasons: Less
availability of staff to
provide targeted
interventions to
reduce the poverty
related attainment
gap. Less availability
of staff to undertake
professional
learning to develop
knowledge and skills
in meeting the range
of learner needs
Less availability of
staff to provide the
range of
interventions to
support children and
young people in
small group sessions
Less availability of
staff to provide
responsive and
reactive 1-1 support
for the increasing
range of social and
emotional
challenges our
children and young
people face Less
availability of staff to
support, signpost
and provide
practical help to
families of those
most in need.
Negative.
Disability
We have a legal duty
to make services
accessibility to
disabled people. This
is an anticipatory
Families with one or
more disabled
person are more
likely to be in
relative poverty.
Negative.

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duty. Disabled
people are a priority
group for tackling
Child poverty.
Social & Economic
Impact
Council focus on
tackling child
poverty.
There will be
significant challenge
to meeting the
refreshed Scottish
Attainment
Challenge stretch
aims and outcomes
set to narrow the
poverty related
attainment gap.
Negative.
Sex
Women are a
priority group for
tackling Child
poverty.
Women making up
the 90% of the heads
of single parent
households.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Article 8 of the
ECHR, family life.
Good practice to
look at UNCRC
considerations, in
this case the
'provision' domain
especially.
There will be less
staff available in
schools to teach and
support children and
young people in
overcoming the
barriers their living
circumstances
present, when
accessing education.
There will be less
resources available
to support staff who
are faced with the
challenges of
children and young
people who are dis-
regulated or require
alternative learning
experiences. There
will be less
opportunity for the
personal and
professional
development of our
employees and our
service. There will
be significant
additional burden on
Central Officers each
year to consider
feasibility of
classifications.
Negative.

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Children in WDC will
be impacted by this
decision more so
than their peers in
neighbouring
authorities.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME people are a
priority group for
tackling Child
poverty.
Most BME groups
are more likely to be
living in relative
poverty compared to
most white ethnic
groups.
Negative.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
As above.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
We will monitor impact by consulting Head Teachers/Young People. Monitoring will be
carried out on a termly basis.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 909: This proposal has the potential to have a negative impacts for some groups
particularly those attending schools in areas of high socio economic deprivation.
However some can be minimised in the short term by targeted use of existing and
alternative resources and the knowledge and skills already developed in some
establishments to support the range of pupil needs. However, it must be noted that
individual establishments and the central education service budgets have been subject to
significant pressures over time and leave very little scope for spend beyond the essential
to operate a service.

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AssessmentNo 804 Owner sbrooks
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Stephen Brooks Working4U Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Peter Barry
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title HE01- Reduce or remove funding to West Dunbartonshire Citizen Advice Bureau
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim is to assess the impact on services by contributing to reduction of Council
budget deficit by reducing service costs in a range between 25% and 100%. WD
CAB currently receives £261,853 each year from West Dunbartonshire Council to
deliver services that complement existing services provided by West
Dunbartonshire Council.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Senior Council staff and elected members have been involved in the development of
the assessment.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
West Dunbartonshire CAB delivers a proactive, accessible, independent, customer-focused advice
service for residents of West Dunbartonshire. This includes the provision of Welfare Rights, Money
Advice and Debt Advice and support for the submission of benefits applications and appeals, where
appropriate. The service provided is not restricted to those elements in and may also include
assistance to clients in other areas of expertise where there is a benefit to them. This includes, for
example, employment, housing or consumer rights, whilst taking into account the need to minimise
duplication in advice provision in West Dunbartonshire. The service is open to anyone seeking
support and is provided locally, in communities and within locations that effectively meet the needs
of residents in West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire CAB adopts a flexible and collaborative
service which includes out-of-hours, home visits and outreach provision as appropriate.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Senior staff and Elected Members at West Dunbartonshire Council have been involved in the
consultation process.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to

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this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
WDCAB users from
disadvantaged
backgrounds who
are most likely to be
affected by
inequality, poverty
and disadvantage
which is driven by
structural or
institutional factors.
These factors
include lack of
information about: •
Income from social
security and benefits
in kind, influenced
by: o design and
generosity of
welfare benefits; o
benefit sanctions
and recovery of
advance payments; o
hardship payments
and third-party
debts; o barriers to
accessing financial
support (including
child maintenance).
• Costs of living,
including housing,
food and fuel costs,
the poverty
premium, the costs
of the school day,
and the extra,
unavoidable costs of
disability. • People
are unaware of their
employment rights
WDCAB provide
support because: •
People don’t always
claim the benefits
they are entitled to;
• The benefits
system is difficult to
understand; •
Navigating the
process without
The key drivers of
poverty identified in
the legislation
include income
levels and the cost of
living. Income is
determined, to an
extent, by levels of
economic activity
and employment.
While there are
many sources of
labour market
information,
examples provided
by NOMIS (Office for
National Statistics
Labour Market
Profile - Nomis -
Official Census and
Labour Market
Statistics
(nomisweb.co.uk))
will illustrate West
Dunbartonshire’s
comparative labour
market profile to
suggest the need for
targeted
employability
support. Benefits:
The number of
people in receipt of
out of work benefits
is a contributory
factor to the level of
child poverty. In
West
Dunbartonshire
4.5% of the
population in the 16-
64 years group is in
receipt of out of
work benefits. This
is higher than the
average in Scotland
(3.2%) and Great
Britain (3.8%) and
represents 2,525
There are four
options for
consideration. These
options focus on a
reduction in the
level of grant
provided by the
Council and the
impact this will have
on the services and
impact of those
services to residents
of West
Dunbartonshire.
WDCAB receives
£261,853 each year
from West
Dunbartonshire
Council. • Option 1
Reducing grant by
25% (£65,463) –
remaining grant
£196,389. • Option 2
Reducing internal
costs by 50%
(£130,926) –
Remaining grant
£130,926. • Option 3
Reducing grant by
75% (£196,389)
Remaining Grant
£65,463. • Option 4
reducing the grant
by 100% (£261,853)
Remaining Grant £0.
Note: WDCAB
receives funding
from other sources
(£219,000 from
Citizens Advice
Scotland). As such,
WDCAB is not totally
reliant on the
Council for funding.
WDCAB has a
number of key
performance
indicators reflecting
the activities that are

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assistance can lead
to errors; • Appeals
without help can
lead to wrong
decisions; •
Understanding
welfare reform is
difficult.
people. 18.4% of
households in West
Dunbartonshire are
in receipt of the
main benefits. This
compares
unfavourably with
the figure for
Scotland (13%) and
Great Britain (11%).
In effect,
comparatively more
people in West
Dunbartonshire rely
on benefits for their
income. Maximising
their entitlement
will feature strongly
in our approach to
maximising income.
delivered through
the use of the funds
provided by the
Council. The
activities are
directed towards the
most economically
disadvantaged
people in West
Dunbartonshire.
These indictors will
be reduced in
proportion to
reduction of funds.
These indicators
include: • Number of
people receiving
support (3,225) •
Value of income
generated
(£562,000) • Total
value of reduced
liability to debt
(£318,000) •
Number establishing
a debt strategy (63)
•Number advised
with housing issues
(577 ) • Number
provided with
consumer rights
issues (187) •
Number provided
with employment
rights issues (600) •
Number supported
with advice on
energy issues (450)
All options will lead
to a proportionate
reduction in the
number of people
from disadvantaged
communities and
families receiving
support.
Disability
Our child poverty
report notes
disabled people as a
priority group.
Disabled people and
those living in a
household with a
disabled person are
more likely to be
income deprived.
Reduced provision
may affect efforts to
reduce poverty for
this group.
Social & Economic Reducing child Groups noted above Reduced provision

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Impact poverty is a focus for
the council.
may be especially
vulnerable, as well
as other with low
incomes.
may result in
reduced ability to
tackle economic and
financial inequality.
Sex
Our child poverty
report notes
women/lone
parents groups as a
priority group.
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived than men.
90% of single
parents are female.
Reduced provision
may affect efforts to
reduce poverty for
this group.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Human Rights Act;
For example Article
8 family life. United
Nations Convention
on the Rights of the
Child (Best practice).
The work of WD CAB
supports elements of
human rights e.g.
Article 8. Advice is
provided to families
with children and
young people.
Reduced provision
may negatively
affect the fulfilment
of rights.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Our child poverty
report notes people
from BME groups as
a priority group.
People from BME
groups more likely
to me more income
deprived.
Reduced provision
may affect efforts to
reduce poverty for
this group.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
The Council has a substantial budget deficit and is seeking and assessing options that will contribute
to reducing the gap. Assessment of grant support to external service providers is a necessary part of
that process.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Working4U maintains a set of performance indicators for all funded projects that are reported to the
Council and COSLA (Improvement Service). The statistics will reflect changing funding levels.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Modify
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 804: The equality impact assessment provides an overview of the differing negative impacts of a
range of options from 25% to 100%. The choice of option will be based on the scale of budget gap
and the range of contributions from other sources.

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AssessmentNo 803 Owner sbrooks
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Stephen Brooks Working4U Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Peter Barry
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title HE02 - Reduce or remove funding to Y Sort-It
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim is to assess the impact on services by contributing to reduction of Council
budget deficit by reducing service costs in a range between 25% to 100%. Y-sort it
currently receives £117,093 to deliver services that complement existing services
provided by West Dunbartonshire Council (Working4U) youth teams.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Senior staff at West Dunbartonshire Council and elected members.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Y Sort-It delivers a young person led service, providing opportunities for young people and inspiring
them to reach their full potential. This is a youth friendly social space for young people facilitating
access to youth group activities and learning opportunities. This includes a weekly programme of
support groups, group work sessions in the Y Sort-It Youth Centre and other relevant outreach
locations. The service will be open access and available to any young person aged 5–25 years and a
resident within West Dunbartonshire. However, to meet the varying needs of young people living in
West Dunbartonshire consideration will be given to those people who are harder to reach, to ensure
that they have equal opportunity of access. This will include specific provision for those that are the
following: • LGBT Youth; • Those at risk or vulnerable to anti-social behaviour or organised crime; •
Young Carers / Young Adult Carers; • Looked after Care Experienced young people; • Those at risk
or vulnerable to substance misuse.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.

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Needs Evidence Impact
Age
While the majority
of children and
young people in
West
Dunbartonshire are:
happy in their
homes; enjoy
friendship; and are
actively engaged in
sport, culture and
recreation; progress
at school; have good
health and self-
esteem; and are
civically engaged,
there are others who
are less well
connected. However,
this is not the case
for all young people
in West
Dunbartonshire
where some young
people living are
facing challenges
because of their
circumstances and
experience of
poverty and
disadvantage. Youth
Engagement
services, that
includes input from
Y-Sort-it will
contribute towards
addressing those
challenges within
West
Dunbartonshire
communities, with
specific emphasis
placed on
supporting those
that may be more
vulnerable to
disadvantage. In
order to do so there
is a need to engage
with young people
and develop services
that meet their
needs. This includes
In 2020, 15,484 of
the population
(88,340) were
children between
the age of 0 and 15
years. 12,433
children were
attending school: •
6,658 pupils in the
32 primary schools
in West
Dunbartonshire. •
5,548 pupils in the
five secondary
schools in West
Dunbartonshire. •
227 pupils in the
additional support
needs schools in
West
Dunbartonshire. Of
these 3,549 are
considered to be
living in households
affected by poverty.
This represents
23.4% of the
population in the 0-
16 year’s age group.
This is 3%age points
higher than the
average in Scotland.
In 2021, there was
334 ‘looked after’
children. In addition,
statistics provided
by Skills
Development
Scotland show that
the proportion of
school leavers in a
positive destination
in West
Dunbartonshire
(91%) is lower than
the equivalent
proportion for our
neighbours in the
Greater Glasgow and
Clyde NHS (GGandC
NHS) area (95.8%)
and Scotland
Y Sort-It engages
with young people in
a variety of ways.
This includes the
provision of issue
based workshops,
personal
development, group
work, support to
achieve
accreditation, and
assist the
development of
healthy lifestyles
and facilitate
participation in
community projects.
Y-sortit receives
£117,093 to deliver
services that
complement existing
services provided by
West
Dunbartonshire
Council
(Working4U) youth
teams. Y-sortit
receives funding
from other sources
and has reserve
funds which are
reported in the
organisations annual
accounts.
Nevertheless, the
options for reducing
grant funds in a
range between 25%
and 100% will have
a negative effect on
their ability to
deliver services.
25% reduction has a
value of £29,273.
This will have a
comparatively lower
impact and will
require some
consideration of the
priorities that the
organisation
focusses on and

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the need for support
to remain active and
healthy; enjoying
economic
opportunity and
security and being
connected,
respected and able
to contribute to their
communities.
(95.5%). Similarly
the participation
rate in West
Dunbartonshire
(90.8%) compares
unfavourably with
the GGC NHS area
(92.4%) and
Scotland (92.2%).
Furthermore, 7.2%
of the population in
the 16- 25 years age
group are claiming
out of work benefits.
This compares
unfavourably with
Scotland, where the
figure is 4.6% and
Great Britain with a
figure 4.8%.
activities delivered
on behalf of the
Council. 50%
reduction has a
value of £58,546.
This will have a
comparatively low
to medium impact
and will require
consideration of
priorities and the
reduction of
activities delivered
on behalf of the
Council. 75%
reduction has a
value of £87,819.
This will have a
medium to high
impact and will
require
consideration of
priorities and a
significant reduction
in activity delivered
on behalf of the
Council. This will
include the
requirement for co-
ordination with
WDC and HSCP and
Working4U taking
on some of the
activities currently
delivered by Y-sort-
it. 100% reduction
will have a
significantly high
impact and will
require a complete
review of activities,
further co-
ordination of
priorities and an
assessment to
identify which of the
activities could be
taken on by
Working4U and
youth alliance
partners.
Cross Cutting There is a need to
recognise that young
Scottish Health
Survey (2012/13)
Understanding the
impact on young

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people who access
youth services often
have compounded
barriers or
obstacles.
http://www.gov.sco
t/Publications/2016
/09/2408 Carers
Trust Scotland
(2015) Time to be
Heard for Young
Adult Carers Scottish
Government (2015)
Scotland's Carers.
people in this
respect should be
understood in
reference to the
intersectionality of
challenges they face.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
West
Dunbartonshire has
one of the highest
proportion of young
carers by local
authority area.
Higher proportions
of young people
have caring
responsibilities in
areas of higher
deprivation and
lower income.
Research tells us
that young carers
are more common in
families with
unemployed parents
or low incomes. This
is cross cutting with
other areas such as
LGBT and
homelessness.
Scotland's 2011
Census data.
Removal of funding
for an organisation
that provides
support to young
people may have an
adverse impact on
their economic
wellbeing
particularly if no
other supports are
available.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Creation of places
where LGBTQ+
groups can safely
socialise and be
open about their
sexual orientation
and gender identity.
LGBT young people
in particular are at a
higher risk of
increased
homelessness and
domestic abuse.
Stonewall Scotland's
report highlighted
that LGBT people are
vulnerable to and at
increased risk of
homelessness,
highlighting that
almost one in five
LGBT people (18%)
have experienced
homelessness at
some point in their
lives. A Report by
Scottish Alliance for
Children's Rights
notes LGBT children
and young people
may be significantly
disadvantaged in
Removal of funding
for an organisation
that provides
support to young
LGBT people may
have an adverse
impact on their
wellbeing
particularly if no
other supports are
available. How
support for LGBT
young people is
delivered would
need to be assessed
to ensure it still
delivers maximum
positive impact.

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accessing adequate
play, leisure and
culture
opportunities. This
is cross cutting with
sexual orientation.
Health
There are an
estimated 800,000
unpaid carers in
Scotland this
includes 30,000
young carers under
the age of 18.
Research
undertaken by
Carers Trust reports
that 45% of young
carers and young
adult carers aged 14-
25 surveyed stated
that they have or
have had mental
health problems.
Mental health and
wellbeing LGBTQ+
children and young
people experience
particularly high
rates of poor mental
health. More than
one in five LGB
young people and
more than two in
five trans young
people have
attempted to take
their own life. One in
three non-binary
young people and
nearly half of
disabled LGBT
young people have
tried to take their
own life. Health is
cross cutting with
other areas such as
sexual orientation
and gender
reassignment.
Scottish Health
Survey (2012/13)
http://www.gov.sco
t/Publications/2016
/09/2408 Carers
Trust Scotland
(2015) Time to be
Heard for Young
Adult Carers.
Scottish Government
(2015) Scotland's
Carers
https://www.stone
wall.org.uk/experien
ces-lgbtq-children-
and-young-people
https://www.gov.sc
ot/binaries/content
/documents/govscot
/publications/statist
ics/2019/11/scottis
h-schools-
adolescent-lifestyle-
substance-use-
survey-salsus-
national-overview-
2018/documents/su
mmary-findings-
west-
dunbartonshire-
council/summary-
findings-west-
dunbartonshire-
council/govscot%3A
document/summary
-findings-west-
dunbartonshire-
council.pdf.
Removal of funding
for an organisation
that provides
support to young
people including
young carers and
young LGBT people
may have an adverse
impact on their
wellbeing
particularly if no
other supports are
available. How
support for carers is
delivered would
need to be assessed
to ensure it still
delivers maximum
positive impact.
Human Rights
Need to consider
Article 8 of
European
convention on
ECHR and UNCRC
Cross cuts with
considerations
under 'age'.
Reducing funding
may negatively
affect fulfillment of
UNCRC rights.

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Human Rights
(ECHR), I.E. Family
and Private Life
Good practice to
consider impact on
Children and Young
people including in
terms of the UNCRC.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Creation of places
where LGBTQ+
groups can safely
socialise and be
open about their
sexual orientation
and gender identity.
LGBT young people
in particular are at a
higher risk of
increased
homelessness and
domestic abuse. This
is cross cutting with
gender
reassignment.
Stonewall Scotland's
report highlighted
that LGBT people are
vulnerable to and at
increased risk of
homelessness,
highlighting that
almost one in five
LGBT people (18%)
have experienced
homelessness at
some point in their
lives. A Report by
Scottish Alliance for
Children's Rights
notes LGBT children
and young people
may be significantly
disadvantaged in
accessing adequate
play, leisure and
culture
opportunities. This
is cross cutting with
gender
reassignment.
Removal of funding
for an organisation
that provides
support to young
LGBT people may
have an adverse
impact on their
wellbeing
particularly if no
other supports are
available. How
support for LGBT
young people is
delivered would
need to be assessed
to ensure it still
delivers maximum
positive impact. This
is cross cutting with
gender
reassignment.
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
The Council has a substantial budget deficit and is seeking and assessing options that will contribute
to reducing the gap. Assessment of grant support to external service providers is a necessary part of
that process.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Working4U and the Communities Team will continue to deliver Youth services. The impact of the
reduced input for Y-sort it will be monitored and reported on through the various lines of
accountability for the Community learning and Development plan
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?

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Modify
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 803: The equality impact assessment provides an overview of the differing negative impacts of a
range of options from 25% to 100%. The choice of option will be based on the scale of budget gap
and the range of contributions to the budget gap from other sources.

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AssessmentNo 805 Owner sbrooks
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Stephen Brooks Working4U Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Peter Barry
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title HE03 - Apprenticeship Pathway Modern Apprenticeship
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Assess the changes and impact on apprenticeship investment. West
Dunbartonshire Council has invested £1million in the Apprenticeship
Investment Fund. The Fund was set up to support access to
apprenticeships over a four year period. The Investment Fund is used
solely to meet the wage costs for participants and assist WDC Service
Departments to address their workforce development challenges. Using
the Apprenticeship Investment Fund as a solid foundation, the Team at
Working4U engages with National Training Funds Managers (SDS) to
secure additional funding that meets the training costs for participants.
This includes additional funds to meet the costs of college courses and
qualifications: reinforcing quality assurance; and ensuring that all
participants secure the relevant accredited qualifications. The fund
allows us to support 400 people: • 280 will be supported as a Modern
Apprentices or through in-work progression; and • 120 will be
supported as Foundation Apprentices. All participants will secure
nationally recognised qualifications that are required for their career
progression.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Senior Council staff and elected members have been involved in the
development of the assessment.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
The proposed change will lead to a reduction in the number of school leavers in West

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Dunbartonshire securing good quality employment. Emphasis is placed on recruiting
young people who, without this route, might not secure employment and training. In
addition, the reduction will mean fewer people are supported to achieve in-work
qualifications required to progress in the workplace.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Senior staff and Elected Members at West Dunbartonshire Council have been involved in
the consultation process. The Apprenticeship Pathway is being continually developed
and delivered by the Youth Employability and Literacies Team at Working4U. The Team
is responsible for the development/design and delivery of youth employability service
provision the delivery of contracted ‘National Training Programmes’. The Working4U
service manager has provided the information for the assessment. Further consultation
will take place with Council services that use the Modern Apprenticeship and Foundation
Apprenticeship scheme when more details about the level of investment are available.
This will include a range of council departments (for example: Education, Housing, and
Building Services) and HSCP service providers.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Young people are
more likely than
older established
workers to
experience
disadvantage in the
labour market.
Several factors
contribute to the
higher
unemployment rates
among young people
in West
Dunbartonshire. •
Structural Changes
in the Economy:
Shifts in the
economy, such as
automation and
digitalisation, can
displace jobs in
sectors where young
people typically find
first-time
employment, such as
in retail or entry-
level office jobs. •
Economic Factors:
Economic
downturns or
recessions have a
significant impact on
employment, and
young workers are
The No One Left
Behind data toolkit
provides statistics
from a range of
Government sources
(NOMIS, SIMD) that
demonstrate West
Dunbartonshire has
a comparatively
higher benefit
claimant count and a
higher proportion of
the population with
no qualifications.
West
Dunbartonshire has
a higher than
average proportion
of workless
households and a
higher than average
rate of child poverty
(27.6% compared to
Scotland average
24.5%).
Reduction in the
apprenticeship
investment fund will
lead to fewer
opportunities for
young people to
secure good quality
employment. Our
recruitment
approach is
designed to increase
access to
opportunities for
groups of people
affected by
inequality. As such
any reduction in the
investment will
reduce pathways to
opportunity for
people from groups
with protected
characteristics.

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often the first to lose
their jobs due to
their lack of
experience and job
security. • Education
and Skill Mismatch:
Sometimes the skills
and education young
people possess do
not match the job
market's
requirements. For
instance, they might
lack the vocational
training needed for
some roles. • Lack of
Experience: Being
less experienced
makes it challenging
for young
individuals to face
the competition in
the job market.
Companies often
prefer hiring those
with work
experience. •
Apprenticeships and
Internships: The
limited number of
paid apprenticeships
and internships can
be another factor.
These are important
stepping stones to
secure a job, but
they are often
difficult to secure
because they are
either scarce and/or
highly competitive.
Cross Cutting
Disability
Council Equality
Outcome on
increasing
employment
diversity.
At national level
statistics from SDS
indicate popularity
of FA among
disabled people, e.g.
they are over
represented
compared to
population.
Reduction in FA,
negative for disabled
young people
especially. The
apprenticeship
pathway has been a
good route for
disabled people into
apprenticeships.
This year 14% of
new recruits

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disclosed a
disability.
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to have due
regard to the Fairer
Scotland Duty when
making strategic
financial decisions.
May negatively
affect the future job
and career prospects
of young people in
WD, and skills in the
area.
Potentially
negatively impact
the economy in West
Dunbartonshire, and
the lives of young
people.
Sex
Council equality
outcome on
increasing
employment
diversity. Council
Equality Outcome on
reducing gender
segregation.
FAs in social care
very popular with
females. FAs in
construction very
popular with Males.
Potential negative
effect for both males
and females in terms
of traditional choices
and for those make
non traditional ones.
The apprenticeship
pathway has
provided a good
route for young
women to
apprenticeships.
This year, for
example, almost
40% of
apprenticeships
were taken up by
young women.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Consider the UNCRC
(Best practice to do
this).
The apprenticeship
investment fund
supports elements of
human rights in
terms of UNCRC that
is Article 6: namely
'right to develop'.
Reduced provision
may negatively
affect the fulfilment
of rights as fewer
places will be
available for
Foundation
Apprenticeships .
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Council Equality
Outcome on
increasing
employment
diversity.
At national level
statistics from SDS
indicate popularity
of FA among BME
people, e.g. they are
over represented
compared to
population.
Reduction in FA,
negative for BME
young people
especially.
Religion and Belief
Race and Religion or
belief are different
elements however
they cross cut with
ethnicity because
Cross cuts with race
to a certain extent.
Cross cuts with race
to a certain extent.

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the relative portions.
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The Council has a budget deficit and is seeking and assessing options that will contribute
to reducing the gap. Assessment of the Apprenticeship Investment Fund is a necessary
part of that process.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Working4U provides support to encourage young people to engage with training and
employment. We maintain a monitoring framework that charts progress towards our
aims. We will provide information on the impact of changes through our reporting
procedures.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Don't Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 805: The equality impact assessment provides an overview of the impact of reducing
the Apprenticeship Investment Fund. This will reduce access to good quality employment
opportunities for young people, it will reduce our potential to support in-work
progression among low paid workers and reduce the capacity to provide access to
qualifications that will support young people to establish themselves in the labour
market. This is based on evidence that demonstrates that West Dunbartonshire
compares unfavorably with the Scottish averages for employment, economic activity and
child poverty levels. The apprenticeship pathway is designed to address these issues and
will be negatively affected if the funds are reduced.

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AssessmentNo 967 Owner sbrooks
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Stephen Brooks Working4U Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Peter Barry Chief Officer Housing and Employability
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title HE04 - Review of Welfare Rights and Adult Learning Services
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Consider the impact on services as a result of reduction in controllable budget
income by 25% and 50%.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Elected Members, Senior WDC Staff, senior W4U staff.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Staff, service users. Working 4U seeks to address the underlying causes of poverty, as well as the
symptoms, by specifically tackling unemployment, providing opportunities to increase levels of
education, skills, confidence and personal development as well support to claim in and out of work
benefits and manage debt. The specialist components of Working 4U’s services are: Learning and
Development that supports disadvantaged or vulnerable groups and individuals of all ages to
engage in learning. This covers a range of activity, such as youth work, family and adult learning,
including adult literacy and English for Speakers of Other languages (ESOL) and community
development and capacity building. Working 4U’s focus is on youth work and family and adult
learning. Employability encompasses all the things that enable people to improve their quality of
life by increasing their chances of getting a job, staying in a job, and progressing further in work.
The focus of our work is placed on supporting those that are facing the most intense levels of
disadvantage, including families most likely to be affected by child poverty, young people, older
workers, long-term unemployed and people from equalities groups. Benefit /debt Information and
Advice National standards state that all debt counselling, income maximisation support, money
advice and welfare benefit advice services service providers must be committed to providing
equity of access to services for all. We provide a service that is open to all; however, given the
socio/economic circumstances we prioritise people who are most vulnerable to disadvantage. In
our service delivery we will place emphasis on supporting people facing difficult life transitions,

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including, for example: • Those with life limiting conditions; • People affected by mental health
issues; • Those affected by drug and alcohol mis-use; • Those affected by housing and
homelessness; • Newly unemployed and retired. In addition, we place emphasis on supporting
families with children who are more susceptible to poverty and disadvantage, including families
with children: • where the mother is under 25 years of age; • larger families; • minority ethnic
households; • lone parent families; • families with children under 1 year old. • Families and
children with experience of the care system; • Children with caring responsibilities; and • Those
living in areas of high material deprivation.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Consultation has been carried out in the context of the budget review. This has included
consultation among Elected Members, senior Council staff and managers at Working4U.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age Child poverty is
focus for the Council.
High child poverty in
WDC. 18-30 year
olds are
experiencing
particular economic
strain.
Reduced may result
in negative impacts
for children and
young people.
Cross Cutting
Working4U seeks to
improve the quality
of lives for people
from disadvantaged
backgrounds who
are most likely to be
affected by
inequality, poverty
and disadvantage
which is driven by
structural or
institutional factors.
These factors
include: • Income
from social security
and benefits in kind,
influenced by: o
design and
generosity of
welfare benefits; o
benefit sanctions
and recovery of
advance payments; o
hardship payments
and third-party
debts; o barriers to
accessing financial
support (including
child maintenance).
•Income from
employment,
influenced by the
The key drivers of
poverty identified in
the legislation
include income
levels and the cost of
living. Income is
determined, to an
extent, by levels of
economic activity
and employment.
While there are
many sources of
labour market
information,
examples provided
by NOMIS (Office for
National Statistics
Labour Market
Profile - Nomis -
Official Census and
Labour Market
Statistics
(nomisweb.co.uk))
will illustrate West
Dunbartonshire’s
comparative labour
market profile to
suggest the need for
targeted
employability
support.
Employment and
Working4U has a
controllable budget
of £0.91million.
There are two
options for
consideration. These
options focus on
staff costs. - Option 1
Reducing core
(controllable) costs
by 25%; - Option 2
Reducing core
(controllable) costs
by 50%. The figure
of £0.91million of
controllable budget
is the equivalent of
approximately 22
full-time staff.

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availability of jobs,
hours and the level
of earnings, and
barriers to taking up
that work, such as
childcare
responsibilities; plus
qualifications and
skills, which can
influence both
contemporary and
future child poverty.
•Costs of living,
including housing,
food and fuel costs,
the poverty
premium, the costs
of the school day,
and the extra,
unavoidable costs of
disability or living in
a rural area. We
provide support
because: • People
don’t always claim
the benefits they are
entitled to; • The
benefits system is
difficult to
understand; •
Navigating the
process without
assistance can lead
to errors; • Appeals
without help can
lead to wrong
decisions; •
Understanding
welfare reform is
difficult. • People
face physical and
psychological
barriers to
employment and
learning
opportunities
because of personal
circumstances and
professional support
will help people to
overcome these
barriers. • Its
difficult to maintain
Economic Activity:
West
Dunbartonshire has
a comparatively
higher rate of
economic inactivity
with 26.2% of the
16-64 years age
group in
employment. The
comparative figure
for Scotland is
23.8% and Great
Britain’s figure is
21.6%. At 19%, West
Dunbartonshire has
a higher proportion
of workless
households than
both Scotland
(18.1%) and Great
Britain (13.6%). Of
those in
employment, there
is a higher
proportion in West
Dunbartonshire
reliant on part-time
work (35.5%). This
is higher than the
figure for Scotland
(33.2%) and Great
Britain (32.1%). A
review of the NOMIS
statistics reveals
that the job density
in West
Dunbartonshire is
estimated at 0.61;
this is much lower
than the figure for
Glasgow (1.04);
Scotland (0.80) and
Great Britain (0.84).
In effect, although
there are
comparatively
higher numbers of
people out of work,
there are also
comparatively fewer
opportunities
available in West
Option 1: 1Reducing
core
(controllable) costs
by 25%; The value of
staff costs that are
funded through the
Council’s core budget
is approximately
£0.91m. Reduction of
Working4U service
by 25% will have a
savings value of
£227,000. This will
affect approximately
5 members of staff
all of whom will, by
necessity of our
funding sources,
come from our
Employability Team,
Community Learning
and Development
team or our welfare
benefits/debt team
or a combination of
all. This will have an
impact on their
ability to meet
growing demand for
their services and
will create further
challenges for the
teams. This is
particularly the case
for
benefit/advice/debt
team who are
experiencing higher
levels of demand
from increasing
numbers of people
with a growing
complexity of
concerns related to
the cost of living
crisis. A reduction of
staff in Welfare
Rights will lead to
lower level of benefit

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jobsearch
momentum and
participating in
learning without
professional, expert
support.
Dunbartonshire.
Addressing
unemployment and
underemployment is
consistent with
addressing the
income drivers of
poverty and will
therefore feature
extensively in our
approach to
addressing child
poverty. Benefits
The number of
people in receipt of
out of work benefits
is a contributory
factor to the level of
child poverty. In
West
Dunbartonshire
4.5% of the
population in the 16-
64 years group is in
receipt of out of
work benefits. This
is higher than the
average in Scotland
(3.2%) and Great
Britain (3.8%) and
represents 2,525
people. 18.4% of
households in West
Dunbartonshire are
in receipt of the
main benefits. This
compares
unfavourably with
the figure for
Scotland (13%) and
Great Britain (11%) .
In effect,
comparatively more
people in West
Dunbartonshire rely
on benefits for their
income. Maximising
their entitlement
will feature strongly
in our approach to
maximising income
maximisation and
debt management
activity (including
housing and council
tax arrears). This
will lead to
continuing levels of
disadvantage and
greater demand on
crisis support
services. A reduction
in Community
Learning will result
in a decrease in
adult literacy
support, ESOL and
community-based
learning. While a
reduction n the
Employability Team
will reduce our
capability to deliver
apprenticeship and
in-work progression
support. These
services will remain,
however, their
support for
equalities groups
will be reduced and
fewer people will
receive support to
overcome barriers to
opportunity. Option
2: Reducing internal
staff costs by 50%
50% reduction in
the controllable staff
cost has an annual
value saving of
£445,045 and will
result in a reduction
of approximately 11
fte posts being met
by the Council. This
will require a full
consultation with a
requirement for
voluntary severance.
It will also, most
likely, result in
additional staff
leaving the Council

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possibly through
compulsory
redundancy.  This
will further reduce
our direct service
delivery of Adult
Learning and
Welfare Rights. We
will also have
reduced staff
capacity to deliver
apprenticeship
programmes and
access to training.
The remaining staff
will necessarily focus
on the requirements
around the
implementation of
the No One Left
Behind three-year
plan (employability)
and the Local Child
Poverty Annual
report. This will
reduce our capacity
to develop and
deliver the
Community Learning
and Development
(CLD) Plan and CLD
Quality standards
and managing the
required partnership
infrastructure
associated with this
plan. Producing a
CLD plan is a
statutory
requirement. There
will be very little
frontline capacity to
provide general
welfare rights and
learning and training
services beyond
those activities that
are determined

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permissible by
external funders.
This will mean a 50%
reduction in the 
welfare rights and
adult learning
provision; as an
indicative figure
cutting the core
learning team from
4ftes to 1.5 ftes and
welfare rights core
team from 6 fte to 2
ftes. As a result we
will not be able to
meet growing
demand for services
and the current level
of support will be
reduced by a
substantial margin.
Those most affected
will be people and
households
vulnerable to
disadvantage and
poverty and as result
the levels of
disadvantage in West
Dunbartonshire will
continue to grow. As
such all aspects of
preventative and
proactive action to
address poverty and
disadvantage will be
lost. The capacity to
manage external
relationships and
secure external funds
will be compromised.
This will have a
negative impact on
all disadvantaged
individuals and
households that rely
on support to
address the cause of
poverty. As a result
incidences of

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poverty and
disadvantage in
West
Dunbartonshire will
increase among all
equality groups.
Disability
Our child poverty
report notes
disabled people as
priority group.
Disabled people and
those living in a
household with a
disabled person are
more likely to be
income deprived.
Reduced provision
may affect efforts to
reduce poverty for
this group.
Social & Economic
Impact
Reducing child
poverty is a focus for
the council.
Groups noted above
may be especially
vulnerable, as well
as other with low
incomes.
Reduced provision
may result in
reduced ability to
tackle economic and
financial inequality.
Sex
Gender equality is a
key component of
the council’s
policies. While
working for the
council, employees
have the benefit of a
range of family
friendly policies.
This includes flexible
working, nursing
mother, job share,
and childcare
vouchers among
others. Employees
also have access to
support through
initiatives such as
‘Equally Safe at
Work’. This initiative
is designed to
address inequality in
the workplace and
gender-based
violence.
Working4U employs
73.8ftes. 82% are
women. This is a
higher proportion
than the council
average (74%) and
the average
proportion of
women in the
workplace in
Scotland (70%). In
effect Working4U
provides access to
good quality
employment for
women.
Women will be
disproportionally
impacted by
reductions of
employees. Women
are more likely to
face challenges
when seeking
alternative
employment and
may face challenges
securing
employment with
access to family
friendly policies. To
mitigate this impact
we will work with
those affected and
provide access to
Council policies
relating to voluntary
severance,
redeployment and
SWITCH.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Human Rights Act;
For example Article
8 family life. UNCRC
considerations.
The work of W4U
supports elements of
human rights. The
Team works to
reduce child
poverty.
Reduced provision
may negatively
affect the fulfillment
of UNCRC rights.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy & Cross cuts with sex. Cross cuts with sex. Cross cuts with Sex.

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Maternity
Race
Our child poverty
report notes people
from BME groups as
a priority group.
People from BME
groups more likely
to me more income
deprived.
Reduced provision
may affect efforts to
reduce poverty for
this group.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
The options have been generated as a contribution to the discussions about budget reductions
within Working4U in order to assist the Council to manage its budget deficit.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Working4U has a monitoring framework for reporting output and impacts of its activities. This
includes key performance indicators illustrating the statistics for the number of people supported
and the outcome of that support. This will provide information that will determine how funding
resources are deployed.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 947 provides information about the impact of a controllable budget reduction of 25%, and
50% for Working4U. Both options have a negative effect on our ability to address the drivers of
poverty and support disadvantaged individual and households to escape from poverty. This
includes for groups identified as priority in terms of tackling child poverty, e.g. disabled people,
single parents, BME groups. In terms of staffing, more women would likely to affected, because
there are a larger number than men in the team. A 25% cut will require a reduction in Teams that
have already sustained cuts in the previous year and will have a substantial impact on service
provision affecting the most vulnerable households in West Dunbartonshire. A 25% reduction
reduces services further undermining our ability to meet increasing levels of demand. A 50%
reduction reduces ability to meet current and growing levels of demand and will lead to growing
waiting lists for vital services.

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AssessmentNo 825 Owner ALYOUNG
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Peter Barry Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Young, Housing Asset &Investment Manager, WDC
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title HE06- Lomond and Clyde Care &Repair Service Funding
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To make a saving to the general fund by reducing funding to Lomond and
Clyde Care &Repair Service. There are two savings options to consider:
Option 1, reduce funding to LCC&Rby £40,000 thereby reducing the general
fund contribution by 50% to £41,000. Option 2, reduce funding to LCC&Rby
£81,000 thereby removing any contribution from the general fund.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Housing &Employability/Senior Council Officers/Housing Asset
&Investment/Private Sector housing Grants/
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Lomond and Clyde Care &Repair Service Private Home Owners of West Dunbartonshire who
need support from C&Rand are looking for grant support
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Senior Management BWG/Internal management consultation on savings proposal. No
external stakeholder consultation has been undertaken.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Elderly, adult and
young WD residents
who my need
support from this
service area.
Knowledge of past
applications for
grant support from
both age groups.
Negative.

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Cross Cutting No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Disability
The majority of
applications come
from those with a
medical disability.
Knowledge of past
applications the
large majority are
for medical
adaptations.
Negative.
Social & Economic
Impact
Social needs in
relation to providing
adapted facilities to
support health and
wellbeing.
Knowledge of past
applications.
Applications are
subject to means
testing to meet low
income eligibility..
Negative.
Sex No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Gender Reassign No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Health
Those needing this
support have
underlying health
circumstances
mostly related to
mobility.
Knowledge of past
applications. Negative.
Human Rights No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Pregnancy &
Maternity
No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Race No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Religion and Belief No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Sexual Orientation No specific needs
identified.
No evidence of past
applications in
relation to this need.
No impact.
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Council has budget targets to meet and funding will still be provided to support these equality
groups. This savings option focuses on the funding provided to Lomond and Clyde Care
&Repair to support these groups with their grant applications.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?

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No
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 825: This savings option focuses on the funding provided to Lomond and Clyde Care
&Repair to support these groups with their grant applications. Potential negative impacts for
disabled people and older people, as there is a possibility that it may take longer for people to
access support to fill applications. Mitigation will be put in place to support these equality
groups.

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AssessmentNo 944 Owner amenon
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget P and T
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Arun Menon Business Support Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Arun Menon and Victoria Rogers
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title PT04 - Reduce Pay Preservation
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council currently protects eligible employee’s salary under pay
preservation for 24 months, subject to criteria being satisfied. Under this
proposal the current level of pay preservation will be reduced to either three
months, six months or twelve months. An assessment of the level of impact
such a change will have for the organisation and employees was undertaken.
Data for the five year period (1 January 2018 to 13 January 2023) was
analysed and this indicated that: • Reducing pay preservation to 12 months
could reduce costs by circa £70,000 for the 5 year period or £14,000 p.a. •
Reducing pay preservation to 6 months could reduce costs by circa £128,000
for the 5 year period or £25,700 p.a. • Reducing pay preservation to 3
months could reduce cost by circa £165,000 for the 5 year period or £33,000
p.a. It is difficult to forecast the cost reduction for the Council in future years
as it depends on the number of employees eligible for pay preservation. The
data assessment also indicated that, in that 5 year timeframe, the breakdown
of impacted employees was 67% females and 33% males. This is
disproportionately more advantageous to men as the overall Council's
employee demographic is 71% female and 29% male so one should expect
the protected numbers to mirror that.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Chief Officers, Strategic HR
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Employees.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Chief Officers, Strategic HR

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Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
The Council's age
profile confirms that
the highest
percentage of
employees remain
clustered in the age
groups 50-59.
There is no specific
impact identified in
relation to age.
Cross Cutting
Disability
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
The Council's
disability profile
confirms 1.38% of
employees have
declared a disability.
There is no specific
impact identified in
relation to disability.
Social & Economic
Impact
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty
.
Reduction in
anticipated income
for some employees
may result in
disposable income
being reduced and
having a reduced
amount to spend in
the economy
This policy may have
a financial impact on
staff where their pay
preservations is
reduced from 24
months to either 6
months or 3 months.
Sex
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
Workforce profile
concludes 71%
female and 29%
male.
Based on last 5 years
data this policy is
disproportionately
more advantageous
to men as the overall
demographic is 71%
female and 29%
male so one should
expect the impacted
numbers to mirror
that. However it is
split as 67% female
and 33% male.
Gender Reassign
Health
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
Reduction in
anticipated income
for some employees
may contribute
towards poor health
outcomes.
This policy may
impact heath of staff
if they are adversely
impacted by being
put on pay
preservation and
rather than the
current 24 months
have only 6 months
or 3 months.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

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Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
The council has a duty to balance the budget. Although this policy may have a negative impact
on employees given the socio economic impact assessed above. Based on last 5 years data
this policy is disproportionately more advantageous to men as the overall demographic is
71% female and 29% male so one should expect the impacted numbers to mirror that.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
No
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 944: It is difficult to forecast the cost reduction for the Council in future years as it
depends on the number of employees eligible for pay preservation. The data assessment also
indicated that, in that 5 year timeframe, the breakdown of impacted employees was 67%
females and 33% males. This is disproportionately more advantageous to men as the current
overall demographic is 71% female and 29% male so one should expect the protected
numbers to mirror that.

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AssessmentNo 801 Owner lmair
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget P and T
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alison McBride People &Change Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alison McBride, People &Change Manager Victoria Rogers, Chief
Office, People &Technology
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy
policy function or financial decision)
Policy Title PT10 - Reducing the Occupational Health Budget
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim would be to reduce costs while still retaining service that is
required by statute. Reducing or removing the OH budget will mean
that the employer has reduced or no access to professional medical
advice (noting that advice to inform ill-health retirements is
required by statute so would be retained); employees would have
to access supports such as physiotherapy or counselling via the
established NHS routes.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Strategic HR team
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Occupational Health is a service currently available to all employees. Therefore
there is potential for all employees to be impacted by reduction or removal of this
service
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
All proposed budget savings will be presented for Elected Members to agree
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have
in relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and
whether there is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
All employees,
regardless of age,
may at some point
require additional
The workforce has
an age diverse
workforce but 44%
are over 50.
Reduction or
removal of the OH
budget will result in
employees who need

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support with their
health and wellbeing
at work.
support having to
access this through
NHS routes. Waiting
times vary but delay
in access to
treatment may
result in increased
absence from work.
Cross Cutting
All employees need
support from time to
time, and WDC
provides a wide
range of employee
benefits and
supports.
WDC have a range of
different provisions
in place to support
employee wellbeing.
While reduction or
removal in the OH
provision will
change how
employees access
medical support, this
will still be available
to everyone via the
NHS routes and
WDC will continue
to provide a wide
range of other
wellbeing initiatives
and supports for all
employees.
Disability
Employees with
disabilities may
require additional
supports at work
and often OH can
help to identify and
recommend what is
most appropriate.
The WDC workforce
contains colleagues
with a range of
different disabilities.
Our data says that
1.5% of employees
have advised they
have a disability,
although very few
have completed this
information. We
expect this is figure
is higher.
Reduction or
removal of the OH
budget means that
advice on what
adjustments and
supports are
appropriate (where
required) will be
advised by the
employee. In more
complex cases, an
OH referral may be
sought.
Social & Economic
Impact
Maintaining and
supporting the
health and wellbeing
of our workforce is
very important. The
majority of our
employees live and
work in the local
area.
The commitment to
supporting
employees remains
of paramount
importance. The
provision of OH
services is
supplementary to
the provision
already in place
through the NHS. OH
comes at an
additional cost and
although beneficial,
is not compulsory or
statutory (except as
specified in the
Reduction or
removal of the OH
budget will result in
employees who need
support having to
access this through
NHS routes. Waiting
times vary but delay
in access to
treatment may
result in increased
absence from work
and deteriorating
health for the
individual while
awaiting treatment.
For some, if this

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narrative supporting
this submission).
were to be long term
there would be an
impact on them
financially. This
would be the case
even with OH
involvement.
Sex
Health and
wellbeing support
may be required by
any employee at any
time or stage in their
life, both male and
female.
WDC has a higher
proportion of female
workers than male.
The split is 74%
female to 26% male.
The reduction or
removal of OH
budget may impact
more on women
than men.
Gender Reassign N/A N/A N/A
Health
Employee Wellbeing
is of paramount
concern and WDC
aim to ensure that
all relevant supports
are in place to help
employees who need
support and to help
them maintain good
health.
The commitment to
supporting
employees remains
of paramount
importance. The
provision of OH
services is
supplementary to
the provision
already in place
through the NHS. OH
comes at an
additional cost and
although beneficial,
is not compulsory or
statutory (except as
specified in the
narrative supporting
this submission).
WDC continue to
provide many other
wellbeing support
provisions.
Reduction or
removal of the OH
budget will result in
employees who need
support having to
access this through
NHS routes. Waiting
times vary but delay
in access to
treatment may
result in increased
absence from work
and deteriorating
health for the
individual while
awaiting treatment.
Human Rights N/A N/A N/A
Marriage & Civil
Partnership N/A N/A N/A
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Some employees
may require support
through their
pregnancy,
maternity leave, or
beyond.
Pregnancy and
maternity leave are
and always will be
an ongoing fact for
any employer.
Employees will
continue to have
access to all the
supports they might
need through ante-
natal services and
other NHS routes.
Race N/A N/A N/A
Religion and Belief N/A N/A N/A
Sexual Orientation N/A N/A N/A
Actions

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Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be
implemented, please provide justification for this.
Reduction or removal of OH funding may impact some groups more than others. In
particular, this could impact women, and those over 50 as proportionately we have
more employees in these groupings. However, all services are still available through
NHS routes. The provision of a full in-house OH service is not required by statute.
Provision will still continue for some statutory ill health retirement services, health
surveillance and long-term absence referrals, as is required by law.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes, monitoring of health, employee wellbeing and absence is ongoing and regularly
reported on.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 801: Reducing or removing the OH budget will mean that the employer has
reduced or no access to professional medical advice (noting that advice to inform
ill-health retirements is required by statute so would be retained); employees
would have to access physiotherapy provision via the NHS routes i.e., online or via
their GPs. The waiting lists are understood to be lengthy. The average waiting time
for a MSK Physiotherapy appointment is 13 weeks.
https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/services-a-to-z/musculoskeletal-msk-
physiotherapy/waiting-times-update. The council has some additional free routes
to access routes to counselling for a short period but when this ends, employees
requiring this service would need to go through the NHS /GPs. Currently 79.8% of
people start treatment within 18 weeks of referral. Psychological therapies waiting
times - Quarter ending March 2023 - Psychological therapies waiting times -
Publications - Public Health Scotland#. Not all the OH budget can be removed as the
council will still require some statutory ill health retirement services, health
surveillance and long-term absence referrals. Where required, in more complex
cases, advice on supporting an employee with a disability in the workplace may also
be requested through an OH referral. We have just renewed this contract but have
an exit strategy for each element, details of the contract are detailed below:
Contract Period Total Value (Annual) Occupational Health Four years £440,000
(110k) Employee Counselling Four years £74,000 (18.5k) Physiotherapy Services
Four years £150,000 (37.5k)

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AssessmentNo 809 Owner amenon
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget P and T
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Arun Menon Business Support Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Arun Menon, Business Support Manager Richard Butler, Section Head CAS
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title PT13 -CAS Team Reductions
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Deletion of the vacant and/or Fixed term posts within the CAS team. Three
options have been developed to share with Chief Officers with varying levels of
saving potential and associated service impact. Option 1 – removal of 59.41
hours of Grade 3 posts totalling £52,782 Option 2 - removal of 125.91 hours of
Grade 3 posts totalling £111,863 Option 3 - removal of 213.41 hours of Grade 3
posts totalling £189,602 There are a range of associated impacts on service
delivery for services that CAS support which have been relayed to all Chief
Officer ahead of a decision. Whilst savings here are reflected as FTE, no staff
member with a permanent contact will be impacted. These savings will be
delivered from a mix of vacant posts and temporary increase or fixed term
posts that can be terminated. That said, this will significant impact the capacity
within CAS which is why for transparency it was considered necessary to reflect
the savings as FTE hours deleted.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Business Support Management
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age

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Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
We need to consider
any differential
impact for example
because of
composition of the
affected workforce
in terms of sex.
Due to workforce
composition,
changes are likely to
affect women more
than men. Women in
Scotland are more
likely to be income
deprived than men.
In practice this
means that some
staff will stop
working extra hours
currently in place,
meaning some
reduction in income
above their
contractual
amounts.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 809: Due to workforce composition, changes are likely to affect women more than men. In
practice this means that some staff would stop working extra hours currently in place, meaning
some reduction in income above their contractual amounts.

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AssessmentNo 948 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer-Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Adrian Gray - Finance Business Partner
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RES01 - Remove Elderly Welfare Grant
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Remove the historic £15 per resident payment made annually through the
elderly grant fund to registered groups and individuals.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Finance team within WDC &ASU
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Anyone currently receiving the payment from the Elderly Welfare Grant Fund.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
This is part of the range of savings proposals being considered to bridge the challenging
financial gap the council faces over the next three years. Once approved by Council, it will be
communicated to all residents.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
No requirement to
provide this funding.
The Council budget
needs to have
regards to Best
Value
Considerations on
how money is spent
and its impact.
The policy only
provides £15 per
annum for each
resident over the
specified age.
Positive - the
removal of the grant
would remove
current inequality
for those under the
specified age. It is
acknowledged that
those under the
specified age may or
may not be just as

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vulnerable at those
over the specified
age but are not
eligible for the
payment. Negative -
Loss of £15 per
eligible resident if
the option to remove
is pursued.
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to have
regards to the Fairer
Scotland Duty.
£15 is only a very
small proportion of
the annual income
for those over the
specified age and
would have a
negligible effect.
Neutral.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Council has a statutory duty to balance the budget.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 948: The removal of the grant would remove a current inequality where those under the
specified age may or may not be just as vulnerable as those over that age but are not eligible
for the payment. It is noted that £15 is only a very small proportion of the annual income for
those over the specified age and would have a negligible effect.

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AssessmentNo 946 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Laurence Slavin - Chief Officer Resources
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RES02 - Reduce or Remove Voluntary Grant Funding
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
A reduction in voluntary grant funding provided to West
Dunbartonshire Community &Volunteering Services (WDCVS) who
administer Voluntary Grant funding on behalf of the Council of up to
£150,000 per annum. This funding covers social transport (£100,000),
play schemes and running costs (£50,000). In addition to the above
funding, the Council also provides £21,560 of funding to Clydebank
Asbestos Group and the proposal is to reduce this by 25% to £16,170
(reduction of £5,390)
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Senior Council staff and the Budget Working Group have been consulted
on the development of the option.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Community Groups who apply to West Dunbartonshire Community &Volunteering
Services for grant funding and in particular, Clydebank Asbestos Group.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
WDCVS and Clydebank Asbestos Group have been notified of the potential reduction in
funding subject to Council approval.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether
there is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Relevant as funding
is provided across a
wide range of
Funding is provided
to cover social
transport
Reduction in funding
will negatively affect
the amount that

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community groups
and age ranges.
(£100,000), play
schemes and
running costs
(£50,000) and
funding for people
with asbestos
related diseases.
WDCVS can provide
to Community
groups who apply to
them for financial
support. These
groups are wide
ranging and the
funding also helps
support play
schemes and
running costs.
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council
considers how
impacts may
interact.
People who are
members of more
than one
disadvantaged group
are more likely to be
impacted.
Negative affects may
be cumulative.
Disability
Relevant as funding
is provided across a
wide range of
community groups
who support a wide
range of groups
requiring support
potentially including
disability groups.
The service may
provide support to
community groups
with a specific focus
on disabilities
through the funding
levels provided.
Reduction in funding
will negatively affect
the amount that
WDCVS can provide
to Community
groups who apply to
them for financial
support. These
groups are wide
ranging and the
funding to help
support social
transportation.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council must
have due regard to
the Fairer Scotland
Duty in terms of
Social Economic
impacts and the
statutory guidance.
The service acts to
provide funding for
social transport
(£100,000), play
schemes and
running costs
(£50,000) and the
Clydebank Asbestos
Group (£21,560).
Reduction in funding
will negatively affect
the amount that
WDCVS can provide
to Community
groups who apply to
them for financial
support. These
groups are wide
ranging.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Clydebank Asbestos
Group support
people affected by
an asbestos-related
disease and their
families.
The service acts to
provide funding to
Clydebank Asbestos
Group (£21,560).
Reduction in funding
will negatively affect
the amount that
Clydebank Asbestos
Group have to
support people
affected by an
asbestos-related
disease and their
families.
Human Rights

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Don't Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 946 details potential impacts which, summarised is that a reduction in funding may
negatively affect community groups that support a wide range of users with either
health or disability issues. Reduced funding to voluntary groups could have an impact on
the groups and the services they provide to the community. Provision of this funding is
not a statutory requirement and therefore it has to be put forward as a saving option for
member consideration whilst setting out the implications of taking the option. Non
statutory funding is still covered by the duty to impact assess relevant proposals under
the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland.

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AssessmentNo 759 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn Assets Coordinator
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RES09 - Review of Council Officers
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council’s Asset Management team of Council Officers is currently
made up of a workforce of 3 equating to 2.6 FTE. Duties are to provide a
comprehensive caretaking and customer focused support service in the
Council’s corporate buildings. This includes: • Security and keyholding
duties, including response to out of hours call-outs. • Caretaking and
general janitorial duties. • Waste disposal, including recyclates. • Mail
Room duties. • Providing Security presence at Council meetings. • Manual
handling duties, including the receipt and delivery of goods and parcels. •
Reception service. • Minor repairs to fixtures and fittings. • Health &Safety
duties (including checks required by Fire Risk Assessments). • Flag Flying.
•Relief cover for Courier as required. • Cover at other offices if required. •
Provision of driving and civic duties for the Provost and Elected Members.
Under this option, the Asset Management team would continue to operate
with a workforce of 2 employees equating to 1.6 FTE working on a shift
basis. This will generate an annual revenue saving of £26,703.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Staff Members/Chief Officers
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All Council services, Elected Members and partner organisations including the Scottish
Government.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Michelle Lynn, Assets Coordinator - conducted this high level efficiency option ; Angela
Wilson, Chief Officer - Supply, Distribution and Property Services, West Dunbartonshire
Council - interrogated this high level efficiency option; Performance and Monitoring
Review Group, West Dunbartonshire Council - where informed of this high level efficiency

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option; Martin Rooney, Leader of the Council - was informed of this high level efficiency
option; and Michelle McGinty, Deputy Leader of the Council - was informed of this high
level efficiency option. If this high level efficiency option is to be taken forward to the next
stage; staff, Trade Unions and Elected Members will be consulted.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in older
staff. See cross
cutting.
https://www.gov.sc
ot/publications/scot
lands-labour-
market-people-
places-regions-
statistics-annual-
population-survey-
2019/
https://www.gov.sc
ot/publications/olde
r-people-
employment-
scotland/
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement, as
evidence suggests
that those over 50
find it more difficult
to regain
employment. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Cross Cutting
Identify a
"champion" to assist
with understanding
of this process for
staff.
See information
above noting
potential impacts.
Neutral
Disability
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in disabled
staff . See cross
cutting.
HR21 report
Disabled people in
employment - House
of Commons Library
(parliament.uk) We
will take into
account affects on
any disabled
member of the team.
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Social & Economic
Impact
Please see cross
cutting.
Please see cross
cutting. Neutral
Sex
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in women.
See cross cutting
There are 2 out of 3
staff for this service
who are women.
This may have a
negative impact as
women are more
likely to be affected
by this policy. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment

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programme.
Gender Reassign
Health
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in staff who
have Health
conditions. Please
see cross cutting
Officer knowledge.
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Additional support
will be available to
any employees
impacted by the
savings options to
ensure their health
and wellbeing.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
There is the potential for 1 FTE to be displaced. A fair process would be undertaken in line
with the Council's policies.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 759 details impact on staff. One FTE will be potentially displaced from the structure,
there could be a differential impact in terms of sex because of team composition. Evidence
suggests that those over 50 find it more difficult to regain employment. this could
heightened concerns about being displaced, as the Council Switch policy is in place to
support staff.

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AssessmentNo 827 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Roads Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy
policy function or financial decision)
Policy Title RN01- School Crossing Patrollers
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
School Crossing Patrols reduce Option 1: Bring the service in line with
current national guidance by withdrawing patrols from 17 locations
where there are controlled pedestrian crossings in place. Best practice
guidance states that school crossing patrollers should not be deployed
at crossing points where controlled pedestrian crossings exist because
this can be confusing for motorists. The Council has experienced
difficulties recruiting for school crossing patrollers and the saving
would be achieved through not filling vacant posts and budgeted hours.
Option 2: A review of crossing points will be undertaken and it is
anticipated 17 priority locations retained with a crossing patroller. The
Council would continue to work with parents and pupils to promote
road safety.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
National Benchmarking carried out. Relevant to both options a
question was asked on the withdrawal of school crossing patrols from
junctions where pedestrian crossings exist those opposed to the
proposal highlighted concerns over safety, those supportive of the
proposal noted the importance of proper road safety education.
General view that work was required on driver education to support
this proposal. The Roads Service have been involved in the
development of this proposal.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All groups are affected but parents and pupils to a greater degree.

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Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
National Benchmarking - A question was asked on the withdrawal of school crossing
patrols from junctions where pedestrian crossings exist. Those opposed to the proposal
highlighted concerns over safety, those supportive of the proposal noted the
importance of proper road safety education. General view that work was required on
driver education to support this proposal.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether
there is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
All groups affected
but children and
young families to a
greater degree.
School age children
that are walking to
school either with or
without parents will
tend to use the
identified safe route
to school with
crossing patrollers.
Negative.
Cross Cutting
Disability
All groups affected
but people with
disabilities may be
affected to a greater
degree.
School age children
that are walking to
school either with or
without parents will
tend to use the
identified safe route
to school with
crossing patrollers.
Negative.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Single parents are a
priority group in
terms of child
poverty.
Women more likely
to be looking after
children. Women are
less likely to have
access to a car than
men.
Potentially negative.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
Wellbeing is a
priority for WDC.
There may be some
effect on active
travel.
Potentially negative.
Human Rights
Good practice to use
UNCRC as a lens in
terms of 'provision'
and 'projection'.
See cross cutting
factors above.
Some groups of
children may be
more affected than
others.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions

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Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The council would continue to work with parents and pupils to promote road safety.
There is a possibility of engineering works to be carried out if the Roads Service
identify locations on safe routes to school that fulfil the criteria for controlled crossing
points with an available budget. Officers will also continue to work with the school
community to identify suitable locations for lining or signing interventions to improve
driver behaviour and raise aware ness of the fact that they are in the proximity of a
school.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 827: Reductions in service need to be carefully considered in terms of impact and
mitigation. There is potential for a more negative impact of changes on people and
children from more deprived communities and groups, e.g. single parent families,
families with one or more disabled person. The council would continue to work with
parents and pupils to promote road safety. There is a possibility of engineering works
to be carried out if the Roads Service identify locations on safe routes to school that
fulfil the criteria for controlled crossing points with an available budget. Officers will
also continue to work with the school community to identify suitable locations for
lining or signing interventions to improve driver behaviour and raise awareness of the
fact that they are in the proximity of a school.

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AssessmentNo 826 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Waste Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN02 Garden Waste Collection Charge
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To introduce a fee of £60 to collect and dispose of garden waste or to cease collection of
garden waste.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Waste Service
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All users of the garden waste collection.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Waste Service and Grounds Service.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
It is important to
review effects on
older and younger
people.
Currently people
over 65 are slightly
less likely than
younger people to be
in relative property.
15-16 years ago
25% of pensioners
in Scotland were
living in poverty,
compared to 15%
some small potential
negative impact on
older people who
are on a low income.

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now. Single
pensioners over the
age of 75 more likely
to to live in poverty
than those 65 and
above.
Cross Cutting
It is important that
cumulative impacts
and intersectional
elements are taken
into account.
Negative impacts
can accumulate for
people who are
members of more
than one
disadvantaged
group.
Negative in terms of
financial impact.
Disability
What services the
Council provide
need to be accessible
to disabled people.
Disabled people are
a priority group for
tackling child
poverty.
Disabled people are
more likely to be
living relative in
poverty than non
disabled people.
Some small potential
negative effect for
disabled people who
are on a low income.
Social & Economic
Impact
We need have due
regard to the Fairer
Scotland Duty.
If unable or
unwilling to pay a
fee users may
dispose of garden
waste in an
alternative manner.
Negative in terms of
financial impact on
some groups. May
lead to increased fly
tipping and/or
contamination of
other bins.
Sex
Single parents, 90%
of whom are women
are a priority group
for tackling child
poverty.
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived than men.
39% of single
women with
children are living in
poverty.
Some small potential
negative effect.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
BME are a priority
group for tackling
child poverty.
People from non-
white minority
ethnic groups were
more likely to be in
relative poverty
after housing costs.
Some small potential
negative effect.
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions

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Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The council is required to reach a balanced budget. The waste strategy and communications plan will
inform users on the appropriate bins for disposal and encourage compliance. It will support the councils
climate action plan.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes, the number of residents purchasing a permit will be monitored and recorded, in addition to fly
tipping to monitor if there is any increase or key locations that require enforcement.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 826: The separation of garden waste and food would will support the appropriate disposal of waste
reducing the carbon footprint of the council and reducing the costs. Some small potential negative effect
on some groups however, the fee charged will be small for the collection of the garden waste and a
payment plan option will be available for those that require to pay in instalments.

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AssessmentNo 828 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Roads and Grounds Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RN03- Reduction Footway Gritting
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The savings option is a review into footway gritting. Two options have been
considered as follows: Option 1 Reduce footway gritting by 50% - Continue
to treat footways on main roads, main shopping areas and around schools
however more residential location and steep gradient would remain
untreated. Grit bins would be re-stocked regularly to assist residents.
Option 2 Cease all footway gritting- In this option there will be no footway
gritting carried out. Gritting activities would be limited within the Winter
Plan to carriageways only. In both options residents and businesses will be
encouraged to use grit bins that are sited throughout the local authority
area.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Roads and Grounds Service
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
All users of the adopted footways.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Roads and Grounds Services. We are aware of other Council areas where gritting has been
reduced, but of none where this has ceased.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age Older residents may Older residents are Negative

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be more vulnerable
to slips, trips and
falls and may be
more reliant on
being able to walk to
shops etc. School age
children will use
public footways to
access school.
more vulnerable to
injury if they fall on
ice and are more
likely to be reliant
on walking and
public transport to
access amenities.
They may become
fearful of leaving
their homes if
footways are icy and
untreated. It is
known that a high
number of children
walk to school.
Cross Cutting
There may be a
reduction in footfall
to town centre
businesses etc if
footways are
untreated and areas
are not considered
safely accessible.
Visitors and
residents may feel
vulnerable in
accessing the town
centres and other
destinations if they
feel there is a risk of
slips, trips or falls.
Negative.
Disability
Those that are
registered as
disabled may be
more likely to be
reliant on walking
and use of public
transport.
Members of the
community that are
registered disabled
may be more
vulnerable to slips,
trips and falls and
potential injury.
Negative
Social & Economic
Impact
In areas that are
income deprived
there may be not be
access to a private
car and residents
may be reliant on
walking and use of
public transport. In
addition if residents
and visitors are
fearful of untreated
footways they may
not visit town
centres to shop etc.
Ownership of a
private car is lower
in areas of
deprivation and
therefore residents
are reliant on
walking and access
to public transport.
There will be grit
bins sited in town
centres to support
access.
Negative.
Sex
Cross cuts with
pregnancy and
maternity.
Cross cuts with
pregnancy and
maternity. Women
are more likely to be
in caring roles
supporting disabled
and older people for
example.
Cross cuts with
pregnancy and
maternity.
Gender Reassign

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Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
May be more
vulnerable to slips,
trips and falls.
Pregnant people are
more vulnerable to
injury if they fall on
ice. They may
become fearful of
leaving their homes
if footways are icy
and untreated.
Negative
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The gritting of footways is non statutory and the Winter Plan will be updated to reflect that
treatment will either be reduced to priority routes or ceased to carriageway only. A
communications exercise will be undertaken about taking sensible precautions in winter
weather such as appropriate footwear. There will also be grit bins sited in appropriate
locations.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
The Roads Service review the Winter Plan annually and will monitor actions undertake.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 828: In this proposal should footway gritting be reduced or ceased the location of grit
bins will be assessed to ensure theses are located in areas of most requirement. Potential
negative impacts for women, older people, disabled people, children, and people with no
access to private cars e.g. from more deprived groups. Negative impacts are likely to be
larger with complete cessation of gritting. Information sharing will be carried out to
support communities how best to travel in winter weather.

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AssessmentNo 830 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Roads Services
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN04 -Non-Statutory Roads Activity within Education
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Review of roads support for education services
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Roads and Education Services
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Pupils engaged with through the activities provided at school by Roads officers in an education
environment.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Education services
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Review delivery of
cycle and walking
education for school
age children.
Roads officers
support education
services with safe
walking and cycling
training. this will
cease. Guidance will
continue to be
provided.
This may have a
potentially negative
impact and may
reduce number of
pupils with
necessary road skills
to safely travel to
school. Alternative
delivery options will
be shared with

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education
colleagues.
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Reduced Support
and education of
safe cycling and
walking.
Encouraging
children to walk and
cycle Supports a
healthy lifestyle. E.g.
'Children who walk
or cycle to school
may have a healthier
body weight than
those who arrive by
car. A new study
followed more than
8,000 schoolchildren
over a period of
years. The findings
showed that even
using public
transport helped'
https://evidence.nih
r.ac.uk/alert/walkin
g-cycling-to-school-
linked-healthier-
body-weight/
instead of taking the
car led to a
reduction in body
fat.
This may potentially
have a negative
impact as there may
be less
encouragement for
children to walk to
school.
Human Rights
As a matter of good
practice, we can use
UNCRC the three
domains of
Provision, Protection
and participation
when looking at
proposals.
In terms of
participation a study
in England showed
Offering high-quality
cycle training free at
the point of delivery
in English schools
encourages children
to do cycle training
https://ijbnpa.biom
edcentral.com/articl
es/10.1186/s12966-
016-0356-z.
Any negative
Impacts should be
mitigated to ensure
that information and
training is available.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race

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Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Proposal may have a negative effect on pupils in an education environment with a reduction in walking
and cycling training delivered via Roads Service. Guidance will be provide to develop alternative delivery
options. Education services has responsibility for developing a safe routes to school plan and outcomes
from that plan will be developed and delivered in partnership with the roads service.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Liaison will be carried out with education services.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 830; Proposal may have a negative effect on pupils in an education environment with a reduction in
walking and cycling training, which support health and well being. In terms of mitigation, Education
services has responsibility for developing a safe routes to school plan and outcomes from that plan.

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AssessmentNo 832 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN06 -Close and Transfer Bowling Club Amenities
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim of the policy is to review the bowling club operations at council owned
bowling clubs and transfer maintenance to Committee of grounds and buildings or
close and market for sale or leave.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Services West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust Assets Team
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
The membership of the bowling clubs may be affected by the proposed option being implemented
should the committees not be able or willing to take on responsibility for maintenance of buildings and
grounds. Should the bowling club be closed and marketed for sale/lease this will reduce social and
leisure opportunities for members.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
The Grounds Service, Assets Team, members of the bowling clubs and WDLT.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Older members of
the community are
members of the
clubs
The current
membership are in
the majority older
residents and
attendance at the
clubs provide social
Negative

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and health benefits.
Cross Cutting
Seasonal grounds
operatives
requirement will be
reduced.
Seasonal operatives
may be local
residents and
reduces employment
opportunities.
Negative.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Social interaction is
a benefit to
members.
The club provides
opportunity for
social engagement
for members.
Negative.
Sex
Affects male
members of the
community to a
greater degree.
The majority of
current members
are male.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health Bowling provides
health benefits.
The members
benefit from
physical and mental
health benefits
attending the club.
Negative.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The Council is required to reach a balanced budget. The Service will work with members to direct them
to alternative activities from health and social benefits.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
No
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 832: The membership of the bowling clubs may be affected by the proposed option being
implemented should the committees not be able or willing to take on responsibility for maintenance of
buildings and grounds. Therefore there are some potential negative impacts especially for older people
and men who are more likely to use these facilities, in terms of health. Seasonal operatives are likely to
be male and may be local residents and this reduces employment opportunities.

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AssessmentNo 835 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN07 - Close Dalmuir Golf Course or Reduce to 12 hole
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim of the policy is to review the council owned golf club and either reduce to a 12
hole course or close and market for disposal.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Grounds Services West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust Assets Team
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
The membership and attractiveness to day visitors of the golf club may be affected if the golf course is
reduced from an 18 hole to a 12 hole course. Should the golf club be closed and marketed for disposal this
will reduce social and leisure opportunities for members.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
The Grounds Service, Assets Team, members of the bowling clubs and WDLT.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Seasonal grounds
operatives
requirement will be
reduced.
Seasonal operatives
may be local
residents and
reduces employment
opportunities.
Negative.
Disability
Social & Economic Social interaction is The club provides Negative.

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Impact a benefit to
members.
opportunity for
social engagement
for members.
Sex
Affects male
members of the
community to a
greater degree.
The majority of
current members
are male. Seasonal
operatives more
likely to be male.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health Golfing provides
health benefits.
The members
benefit from
physical and mental
health benefits
attending the club.
Negative.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The Council is required to reach a balanced budget. The Service will work with members to direct them to
alternative activities from health and social benefits. There are a number of alternative golf clubs in
traveling distance of the golf club.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
No
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 835: There are some potential negative impacts especially for men who are more likely to use these
facilities, in terms of health. Seasonal operatives who are more likely to be male, and may be local
residents and reduces employment opportunities. There are a number of alternative golf clubs in
traveling distance of the golf club.

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AssessmentNo 831 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN08 -Cease Care of Gardens
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Proposal to cease providing the care of gardens service. A charge was introduced last
year for all users. This will affect older people and those that are in receipt of a
disability allowance who pay a charge to receive the service. The proposals are
designed to reduce the funding gap, the introduction of a charged service has
continued to operate at a subsidy that is unsustainable.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Service
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
This will affect older people and those that receive a disability payment who are eligible for access to
the scheme.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Grounds Service HSCP
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Older members of
the community over
state pension age
that have been
eligible to receive
the service at the
Those on a fixed
pension may find it
more difficult to
meet the cost of a
gardener reflecting
the increase in the
Negative.

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subsidised charge.
cost of living and
may struggle to find
an alternative.
Cross Cutting
Seasonal Workforce
reduction reduces
employment
opportunities
locally.
Seasonal workers
are employed by the
Council to carry out
care of gardens
duties and are often
local residents.
Negative.
Disability
Members of the
community with
disabilities are more
likely to be income
deprived than non-
disabled people.
The removal of the
subsidised service
for disabled people
who on average may
be more income
deprived may find it
more difficult to
meet the cost of an
external gardening
service.
Negative.
Social & Economic
Impact
Those that are
income deprived will
potentially find it
more challenging to
find and pay for
alternative options if
service ceases.
Those that are on a
lower income and in
receipt of a disability
payment or eligible
due to age may find
it a challenge to find
and afford
alternative
gardeners and
therefore the area
may not be as well
maintained.
Negative.
Sex
Women are more
likely to be income
deprived.
Due to gender pay
gap and are
potentially more
likely to be single
parents and/or
carers. Seasonal
workers are
employed by the
Council to carry out
care of gardens
duties and are often
local residents, and
usually male.
Negative.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race

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Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The service has continued to be delivered at a significant subsidy and is not a statutory function. If the
service ceases all users will be required to access an alternative which may provide employment
opportunity for local workforce. If the care of gardens service ceases all users will be required to find
alternative delivery options which will potentially be at a cost and is dependent on businesses having
availability.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
If the service ceases monitoring will be through feedback from colleagues in the community.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 831: Negative impact, particularly on older people, disabled people and people on lower incomes.
The proposals are designed to reduce the funding gap, the introduction of a charged service has
continued to operate at a subsidy that is unsustainable. The users will be informed on decisions taken
and where possible advised of alternatives. There will be engagement to ensure users are made aware
that alternative delivery modes are required with a requirement to arrange garden maintenance
independently.

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AssessmentNo 836 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN09 -Street Cleaning
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The proposal is the reduction in street sweeping and litter collection. This will reduce
the street cleaning and litter collection frequencies. The resources available will
target locations that have increased visitor numbers such as parks and town centres
with outlying areas and housing estates have a reduced service.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Service
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Communities, residents and businesses.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Grounds Service. Feedback from Citizen's Panel and Recycling surveys to the public in 2022 and 2023
respectively showed support for increasing the number of litter bins in public areas.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
It is important that
routes are
accessible.
Officer assessment
that accessibility will
be maintained.
Neutral.
Social & Economic
Impact
The cleanliness and
maintenance of both
Areas with a lower
level of maintenance
There may be a
potential negative

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urban and rural
areas adversely
impacts the
perception of an
area.
and street
cleanliness align
with areas of higher
deprivation and can
impact on
investment
opportunities and
local pride.
impact on the
physical appearance
of the area.
Sex
Employees affected
are predominately
male. It is important
that routes are
accessible for those
using prams.
This will have an
increased impact on
men and their
employment
opportunities.
Officer assessment
that accessibility will
be maintained.
There may be a
potential negative
impact on male
employees. Neutral
in terms of
accessibility.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
Wellbeing is a
priority in the WDC
2022-27 Strategic
Plan.
Physical
environment can
influence physical
and mental health. If
there is an increase
in litter and general
untidiness this can
impact on mental
health.
There may be a
potential minimal
negative impact on
the health of our
residents based on
the physical
appearance of the
area..
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The council has a requirement to reach a balanced budget. The provision fulfils the council's statutory
obligations in relation to street cleaning and additional bins will be installed at key locations.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes through performance indicators
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 836: The proposals considered are of activities that are delivered in excess of the statutory level.
Areas not maintained or a lower level of street cleanliness align with areas of higher deprivation and
can impact on investment opportunities. Accessibility of public areas will be maintained. In addition
additional litter bins will be installed if identified as required, this is an idea supported by surveys of
the public in West Dunbartonshire. If grounds and/or seasonal operatives are reduced this adversely
affects employment opportunities, and male workers because of gender balance of our workforce.

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AssessmentNo 829 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail McFarlane Chief Officer Roads and Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Craig Jardine Corporate Asset Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RN18 - Consultancy Services/Capital Investment Review of Service Provision
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Consultancy Services sits within Corporate Asset Management and is the
design, construction and project management service which administers and
manages capital programmed construction works of all size and types. Given
the planned reduction of capital projects and the current review of the capital
programme the support from Consultancy Services should be reviewed. Within
Consultancy Services there are 20 employees of varying grades. The team
comprises of a programme leader, a senior architectural officer, a senior clerk
of works, architectural officers, architectural assistants, quantity surveying
officers, clerks of works. Following a full review of charges to Capital last year
there is now zero or minimal impact on revenue however there would be a
reduction in charges to either the HRA or General Services Capital Programme.
There would also be a reduction to the revenue budget.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Staff Members/Chief Officers
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) Yes
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Council services designing and delivering capital projects.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Strategy and Monitoring Review Group who monitor the delivery of the capital programme and
in particular Housing Service. If this high level efficiency option is to be taken forward to the
next stage; staff, Trade Unions and Elected Members will be consulted.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.

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Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in older
staff.
https://www.gov.sc
ot/publications/scot
lands-labour-
market-people-
places-regions-
statistics-annual-
population-survey-
2019/
https://www.gov.sc
ot/publications/olde
r-people-
employment-
scotland/ The age
profile in the current
structure: 0 staff =
less than 24 years
old 0 staff = 25 -29
years old 2 staff = 30
-34 years old 2 staff
= 35 - 39 years old 4
staff = 40 - 44 years
old 3 staff = 45 - 49
years old 5 staff = 50
-54 years old 4 staff
= 55 – 59 years old 3
staff = 60 - 64 years
old 3 staff = 65 +
years old 4 vacant
posts.
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement, as
evidence suggests
that those over 50
find it more difficult
to regain
employment. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Additional support
will be available to
any employees
impacted by the
savings options to
ensure their health
and wellbeing.
Cross Cutting
The reduction in
workforce will have
an impact on
employment
opportunities and
anxiety in current
workforce.
See information
above. Negative.
Disability
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heighten in disabled
employees.
HR21 report
Disabled people in
employment - House
of Commons Library
(parliament.uk).
There is at least 1
staff who is disabled.
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Additional support
will be available to
any employees
impacted by the
savings options to

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ensure their health
and wellbeing.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heightened in
women. See cross
cutting
The sex split in the
team is 50/50. Neutral.
Gender Reassign
Health
Worries
surrounding job
security may be
heightened in staff
who have Health
conditions. See cross
cutting
Occupational Health
Reports.
Negative - This could
heightened concerns
of staff about any
displacement. Any
potential reduction
in staffing
requirements could
be managed through
SWITCH
redeployment
programme.
Additional support
will be available to
any employees
impacted by the
savings options to
ensure their health
and wellbeing.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
There is the potential for employees to be displaced however all actions will be undertaken in
line with Council's policies.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 829 details impact on employees, this includes potential worries about loss of their post,
for example older people are less likely to find reemployment than younger workers if made
unemployed. Employees affected will be supported through the Council Wellbeing and Switch
policy.

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AssessmentNo 833 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail Macfarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN20 -Review of Park Maintenance
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The proposal is the reduction in maintenance within parks including grass cutting,
play areas and litter collection. The proposal considered is as follows: Reduce
frequency and extent of grass cutting in the 4 main parks: Balloch Christie
Levengrove Dalmuir Reduced emptying litter bins with a focus on high use
pedestrian areas. Additional bins would be installed at key locations to minimise
littering.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Service
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. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Communities, residents and businesses.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Grounds Service.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age Families with
younger children.
Families with
younger children
tend to use parks to
a greater extent that
others due to
presence of play
This may have a
perceived negative
impact as a result in
reduced
maintenance
however additional

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equipment.
bins will be provided
and the parks will
continue to be
maintained.
Cross Cutting
Disability
The Council had a
duty to make its
services accessible
to disabled people.
We must seek to
mitigate any
negative impacts.
Areas with more
accessible green
space are associated
with better mental
and physical health.
It is important that
shared areas are
accessible to all.
A reduction in grass
cutting/maintenance
may have a negative
impact on
accessibility for
people with
disabilities.
Social & Economic
Impact
The cleanliness and
maintenance of both
urban and rural
areas adversely
impacts the
perception of an
area. A higher
percentage of those
residents on a lower
income may live in
properties with
limited or no access
to a garden area.
Areas with a lower
level of maintenance
of grassed areas
align with areas of
higher deprivation
and can impact on
investment
opportunities and
local pride.
This may have a
perceived negative
impact as a result in
reduced
maintenance
however additional
bins will be provided
and the parks will
continue to be
maintained.
Sex
The Council needs to
consider impacts of
staff and service
users. The workforce
affected is
predominately male.
If numbers of
seasonal operatives
and/or grounds
operatives reduced
this adversely affects
employment
opportunities.
This may have a
negative impact if
reduction to
maintenance results
in reduction of
employees.
Gender Reassign
Health
Health and
Wellbeing is a
priority in the
Strategic Plan.
Physical
environment can
influence physical
and mental health.
This may have a
perceived negative
impact as a result in
reduced
maintenance
however additional
bins will be provided
and the parks will
continue to be
maintained.
Human Rights UNCRC
Cross cuts with
age/children and
young people.
This may have a
perceived negative
impact as a result in
reduced
maintenance
however additional

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bins will be provided
and the parks will
continue to be
maintained.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
The council has a requirement to reach a balanced budget. The provision fulfils the council's statutory
obligations as there is no statutory requirement to maintain grassed areas.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes through performance indicators
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 833: May have negative effect on Children and young people, disabled people, women and on
health. May have more impact on people who are income deprived. Areas with grassed areas not
maintained or a lower level of street cleanliness align with areas of higher deprivation and can impact
on investment opportunities however where appropriate areas of biodiversity will be introduced
which supports the council's transition to net zero. In addition additional litter bins will be installed if
identified as required. If grounds and/or seasonal operatives are reduced this adversely affects
employment opportunities and male employees because of sex mix in service.

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AssessmentNo 840 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Roads Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN21 - Reduction in Roads Operations
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To reduce the operational workforce by 3 to deliver a saving. The roads service will have
reduced resources available to carry out any works for internal colleagues as they will be
fully utilised on roads activities.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Roads Manager
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities (A)
or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Internal Services if reduced availability of resources in the Service to undertake projects.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Roads Manager
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
The reduction in the
workforce will
impact on the
opportunities within
the service for
employment.
This will reduce the
employment
opportunities for
local residents and
others.
Negative.
Sex The workforce is As the workforce is Negative.

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predominately male.
predominately male
the reduction in the
workforce will
impact this group
more.
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The Council has a requirement to set a balanced budget. The impact of this savings option retains the
statutory requirements of the service.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Monitoring will be undertaken through KPI reporting.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 840: Because of the gender balance in the workforce males will be affected by reducing the number of
posts by 3. This will also reduce job opportunities in West Dunbartonshire. This savings option has been
determined to retain the statutory requirements within the service.

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AssessmentNo 839 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Manager Leisure Trust
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN22 - Increase Number of 4G Pitches
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The proposal is to install three 4G pitches to replace six under used grass pitches. The
three locations currently have two grass pitches each, proposal is to have one 4G at each
location.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Grounds Service, Leisure Service, Asset Team
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Users and potential user of the 4G pitches, local communities.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Leisure Service, Assets, Grounds
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Children and
younger members of
the communities
may be more likely
to use the facilities.
Exercise and activity
is positive for
children and
younger members of
community with the
pitches being
available all year
round for use.
Improved pitch
facilities will have a
positive impact in
terms of provision.
The cost of pitch hire
for 4g pitches will
incur an increase
compared with grass
pitch hire, and

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therefore may have
a negative impact.
Cross Cutting
The availability of
4G pitches provides
access to activity
year round for our
communities.
Taking part in
physical activity
supports our
communities with
mental health
potentially reducing
incidences of anti
social behaviours
and improves
physical health
Improved pitch
facilities will have a
positive impact in
terms of provision.
The cost of pitch hire
for 4g pitches will
incur an increase
compared with grass
pitch hire, and
therefore may have
a negative impact.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
The ability to use the
pitches year round
may reduce
instances of anti
social behaviour due
to availability of
activities.
Having the ability to
be involved in
physical activity as a
group improves
metal health and
provides an
opportunity to take
part in physical
activity. There will
be a charge to use 4G
pitches introduced
as per others
managed by the
leisure trust. The
current grass pitches
are not in use when
dark or inclement
weather so the new
pitches will be much
more available year
round to users.
Improved pitch
facilities will have a
positive impact in
terms of provision.
The cost of pitch hire
for 4g pitches will
incur an increase
compared with grass
pitch hire, and
therefore may have
a negative impact.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Exercise and activity
is beneficial for
mental and physical
health.
The ability to use the
4G pitches year
round supports the
mental and physical
health of our
communities and
increases availability
of suitable pitches.
Improved pitch
facilities will have a
positive impact in
terms of provision.
The cost of pitch hire
for 4g pitches will
incur an increase
compared with grass
pitch hire, and
therefore may have
a negative impact.
Human Rights
UNCRC
considerations for
Children and young
people as a matter of
good practice using
In terms of
'provision' for
Children and Young
people.
Improved pitch
facilities will have a
positive impact in
terms of provision.
The cost of pitch hire

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the three domains of
Provision,
protection, and
participation.
for 4g pitches will
incur an increase
compared with grass
pitch hire, and
therefore may have
a negative impact.
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
The use of the 4G pitches will be monitored through a booking system.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 839. Likely to be beneficial for younger people especially. The option provides year round and all
weather access to physical activity. There is an income opportunity as users pay a charge to book and use
the pitch. However the chargers for 4G are higher than for grass pitches which may present a barrier to
use for some e.g. groups with less disposable income.

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AssessmentNo 893 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Roads Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN23-  Review of Road Defect Repairs
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To review how carriageway defect repairs are classified and programmed for
structural and permanent repair
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Roads Service
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Carriageway repairs will be programmed for permanent repair and as such can be classified as a
capital structural repair.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Roads Service
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Classification and repair times are reported and monitored.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 893: This is a process change that does not affect staffing or relevant to equalities so no
impact assessment is required.

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AssessmentNo 891 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Service, West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN25 - Recharge WDLT for Grass Cutting and 4G Maintenance
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Grounds Service carry out grass cutting and grounds maintenance for the leisure
trust. This option proposes to recharge WDLT for activities undertaken by the
Grounds Service.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Service, Leisure Trust
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
The WDLT will be required to fund the activities undertaken by the Grounds Service on their behalf.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Grounds Service, WDLT.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 891: This is a charging change that does not affect staffing or relevant to equalities so no
impact assessment is required.

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AssessmentNo 889 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Grounds Manager Roads Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN26 - Reduction in Weed Killing
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Reduction from twice to once a year carrying out weed killing.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Grounds Service
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. Yes
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Residents, Visitors and Businesses within West Dunbartonshire.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Grounds and Roads Services.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
An opportunity to
assess how element
may interact.
The reduction in use
of pesticide is of
benefit to
biodiversity. There
could be some
increased risk of
localized flooding if
gullies are blocked
by weeds. The area
will appear less well
Potential negative
impact on
appearance. Positive
impact in terms of
bio diversity.

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cared for.
Disability
It is important that
accessibility is
maintained.
Officers assessment
is that a reduction
will not hinder
accessibility.
Neutral.
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The council is required to reach a balanced budget.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
The street cleanliness is monitored and reported.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 889: Although the reduced frequency of weed killing may impact on the appearance of the area
there would be a positive impact on biodiversity. There should be no significant impact on
accessibility.

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AssessmentNo 890 Owner GMacfarlane2
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and N
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer - Roads &Neighbourhood
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Waste Service
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RN27 - Commercial Waste Review
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Review the charging policy for commercial waste customers.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Waste, CAS, Corporate Debt, Finance.
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Commercial Waste Customers.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Waste Services, Central Admin Services, Corporate Debt, Finance.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
It is important that
we look at how
proposals may
interact in practice.
May result in fly
tipping if businesses
do not wish to pay
increased charge or
procure alternative
providers.
Some potential
negative impact
environmentally,
and increased cost
to Council of
dealing with fly
tipping.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to have due
regard to the Fairer
Businesses may find
the increase in
Some potential
negative impact on

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Scotland Duty.
charge difficult to
fund. They would
then require to find
alternative
providers.
businesses.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
The Council is required to set a balanced budget. Businesses are able to determine whether they wish
to sign up to the updated charging scheme or seek alternative providers.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
The number of customers will be monitored and episodes of fly tipping.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 890: Some potential negative impact on businesses financially. Some potential negative impact
environmentally if fly tipping is increased.

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AssessmentNo 955 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RR01 - Removal of Night Zone West Funding
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The aim is to reduce costs by removing funding for Night Zone West which
was initially used to fund Taxi Marshals over the Festive Period. In the past
year or so it has proven impossible to secure the services of Marshals and
the funding has been paid to Police Scotland to supplement overtime, a
poster campaign and CCTV upgrades - the vast majority being paid to
Police Scotland. Withdrawal of funding will not alter Police Scotland's duty
to provide adequate police to avoid disorder and it is anticipated that, with
the reduction in the night time economy post Covid 19 there will be little
impact on safety and security. No disproportionate impact on protected
groups is anticipated.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Police Scotland will be involved following any decision.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
In practice is unlikely that any member of the public will be affected. Police Scotland will
receive less funding from WDC.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is
any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age

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Cross Cutting
We need to assess
how equality and
other considerations
may interact.
Since funding in
recent years has
been reduced and
has been supplied to
the Police it is
unlikely that its
removal will have
any impact safety for
any of the equality
groups or for any of
the areas above.
Neutral.
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
We need to have due
regard to the Fairer
Scotland Duty.
Since funding in
recent years has
been reduced and
has been supplied to
the Police it is
unlikely that its
removal will have
any impact on the
economy or on socio
-economic
inequality.
Neutral.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 955; It is unlikely that this proposed reduction would have any material impact on any
protected group. In the past funding was used to supply taxi marshals, this was seen as
positive. Over recent years however, it has been impossible to engage taxi marshals and the
funding that has been available has been supplied to the Police and spent on operational
costs. Withdrawal of funding will not alter Police Scotland's duty to provide adequate
police to avoid disorder and it is anticipated that, with the reduction in the night time

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AssessmentNo 917 Owner ndocherty
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR08 - Deletion of Paralegal Post(s)
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Reduction of one post or two posts in a team of two.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Service Senior Management Team.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities (A)
or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Employees.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
It is important that
the Council consider
how any equality
elements interact.
Given this is small
team one or both of
the incumbents will
be affected.
If there are any
equality
considerations these
will be adhered to
ensure that
processes take
account of these
including SWITCH
and other HR
polices.
Disability

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Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 917: Given this is small team of only two, one member or both members of staff would be impacted.
Any equality considerations and requirements will be adhered to ensure that processes take account of
these,Fincluding the Council's Switch policy and other HR policies.

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AssessmentNo 910 Owner mrodger
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget CCF
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Amanda Graham Chief Officer Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Citizen, Culture and Facilities
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title CCF16 -Review of Arts and Heritage
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The service delivery model has changed over the last year with the creation of
a new community gallery in Clydebank Town Hall, the relocation of Dalmuir
Library and the extension of work to create a new museum in the basement of
Clydebank Library. This has impacted on the available spaces for Arts and
Heritage to stage exhibitions and events and support museum displays. As a
result the post can be reduced without significantly impacting on the service.
The post is being recruited to on a fixed term basis and this will enable a
further review in 2025 by which time Glencairn House is projected to be open
and work will be at an advanced stage on the new accessible museum store in
Strathleven Place.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
None
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic

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Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 910: A post has recently become vacant within the Arts and Heritage service and
following a review it has been decided to recruit to this position on a part time fixed-term
basis. The proposal is not relevant for assessment as the change is minimal due to the post
being vacant. Therefore no assessment is required.

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AssessmentNo 928 Owner ndocherty
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment HE Budget
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Peter Barry Chief Officer
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Young - Housing Asset &Investment Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title HE05 - Removal of General Fund Contribution to Housing Asset and Investment Team
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Carry out an accountancy management adjustment, to remove a contribution to HRA costs
from General services.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development and/or
implementation of policy.
Housing Asset &Investment manager Finance Business partner
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities (A)
or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership

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Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 928: Screening concludes that the proposal is not relevant in terms of any of the areas covered in
our assessments, and therefore does not require an impact assessment. It builds on successful existing
arrangements and does not introduce significant changes.

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AssessmentNo 779 Owner amenon
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget P and T
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Victoria Rogers Chief Officer People and Technology
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alison McBride, Strategic People &Change Manager Arun Menon,
Business Support Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title PT08 - Strategic Operating Model (SOM) Compliance
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
This proposal would result in a council wide assessment of compliance
against the agreed SOM principles to determine areas for change. This
management adjustment will result in savings as posts/teams are
merged, opportunities for Early Retirement/Voluntary Severance are
offered and accepted. Number of direct reports will be the focus as levels
below Chief Exec (max 6) should now be well established, although will
be verified as part of this exercise.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Chief Officers, Finance Business Partners, Strategic HR
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) Yes
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) Yes
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
A true impact of this policy will only be known once the assessment is concluded. While
its hard to predict as outcome will be dependent on levels of interest and roles found to
be misaligned, the expectation is that this would mirror the demographics for grades
9/10-12. Therefore G9-12 is 44.75% female and G10-12 is 39.6% female.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Chief Officers, Strategic HR
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in
relation to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there
is any negative impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age The council has duty
of care toward all its
The Council's age
profile confirms that
30% aged 55+ so
would be eligible for

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workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
the highest
percentage of
employees remain
clustered in the age
groups 50-59.
Voluntary Early
Retirement (VER)
and more likely to
accept release than
those eligible for
Voluntary Severance
(VS).
Cross Cutting
It is important that
any cross cutting
factors are taken
into account. The
Council has a duty to
collect and use
equality monitoring
data on workforce
composition
including leavers. It
is important that
communication is
clear at all stages
Processes will follow
communication best
practice as detailed
in the Council's
Communicating
Effectively Guidance.
Providing Accessible
Services Training is
available.
Impacts will be
monitored and
reported.
Disability
The Council has a
legal duty to make
reasonable
adjustments for
disabled employees,
this includes in the
operation of
employment policies
and related
processes.
Information.
Documents and
communications and
processes also need
to be accessible to
disabled staff. The
council has duty of
care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty
.
22/23 data from the
workforce
management system
shows 1.46%
identifying a
disabled. Given that
it is widely
recognised that
disability is often
under reported, the
actual figure is likely
to be higher.
There is no specific
impact identified in
relation to disability.
The Council will
ensure that
processes are
accessible and that
reasonable
adjustments are
made if and when
required.
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
take the Fairer
Scotland Duty and
its statutory
guidance into
account when
making strategic
decisions. The
council has duty of
care toward all its
workers, and in
Removal of posts as
a result of this policy
is likely to result in
some staff being
redeployed into
lower graded post or
being made
redundant. This is
likely to result in a
reduction in their
earning and a
This would have a
negative impact
given the availability
of enhanced release
but could give rise to
unintentional
consequences if
release was a result
of competitive
interview.

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terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
reduced amount to
spend in the
economy. Given may
of the council, staff
live in WDC area, it
could impact the
local economy.
Sex
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
Demographics
within this targeted
group are as follows:
G12 F 47% M 52%;
G11 F 20% M 80%;
G10 F 52% M 48%;
G9 F 60% M 40%.
However the true
impact of this policy
across males and
females can only be
ascertained once the
assessment is
concluded.
The change is could
impact both males
and females but the
proportion of impact
can only be
ascertained once the
level of interest is
know following
review.
Gender Reassign
Health
The council has duty
of care toward all its
workers, and in
terms of the Public
Sector Equality Duty.
Reduction in
anticipated income
for some employees
may contribute
towards poor health
outcomes.
There is no reason to
think this policy
would directly
impact on health
given the availability
of enhanced release
but could give rise to
unintentional
consequences if
release was a result
of competitive
interview.
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented,
please provide justification for this.
The council has a duty to balance the budget. Although this policy is unlikely to have a
negative impact on any protected characteristic, it may have a socio economic impact in
line with the points above. However this would be mitigated by enhanced package.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Impact will be monitored through assessment of leavers, including diversity monitoring,
which will be analysed and reported.

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Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the
recommendation
EIA 779: Given the disproportionate % of men at this level, i.e., at odds with the overall
council demographic which is 75% female, it is anticipated that more men than women
will be in scope. However, that needs to be caveated and is dependent on compliance of
roles held. The application of the policy may have unintended socio-economic
consequences although this would be mitigated by enhanced package on offer and access
to unreduced pension benefits. The Council will ensure that process and communications
are accessible and transparent, and that impacts are monitored and reported.

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AssessmentNo 808 Owner amenon
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget P and T
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Arun Menon Business Support Manager
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Arun Menon, Business Support Manager Stella Kinloch, Section Head
Transactional Services
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title PT09 - Transactional Services Restructure
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Following the resignation of a Business Support Section Head and the senior
restructure, the opportunity to review the allocation of work and generate a
saving presented. This option will generate £30,000 in savings. This will be
achieved by the removal of net 0.41 FTE (14.42 hrs) of a Grade 10 vacancy. This
also factors adding 17.5 hours of Grade 4 and a further 9 hours of Grade 7 to the
Payroll team. No staff are impacted by removal of the 14.42 hours as it’s a vacant
post.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Business Support Management
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex

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Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 808: No impact assessment is required as the proposal is not relevant, because no staff
or service users are potentially impacted by removal of the 14.42 hours.

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AssessmentNo 866 Owner rchalmers
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Ryan Chalmers Section Head
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer Resources Arun Menon, Business Support Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES06 - Increased Council Tax on Second Homes
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Increase a 100% levy on the Council Tax charge levied on second homes
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Revenues and Benefits
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Any owner of a property which is classed as a second home for council tax purposes. Potentially
those in housing need in the local area.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Institute of Revenues, Ratings and Valuation. Scottish Government: 'Partial Impact Assessments,
Non-Domestic Rates/ Council on Tax Second Homes and Long-term Empty Homes: Consultation'
has been reviewed.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
have due regard to
the Fairer Scotland
Duty when making
strategic decisions.
The increased levy
will have a financial
impact affected rate
payers.
Financial impact on
those rate payers
impacted. Potential
benefit to local
housing market
economy.
Sex

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Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Increased costs to second home owners however aim is to have those properties become
someone's sole and/or main residence.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 866 - This change hopes to bring second home back into use as a tax-payers sole or main
residence. There will be a financial impact on those rate payers affected. The change may benefit
the local housing market, potentially more for those on lower incomes.

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AssessmentNo 859 Owner rchalmers
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Ryan Chalmers Section Head
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer Resources Arun Menon, Business Support
Manager
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RES18-  Empty Property Relief
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Review current EPR policy with proposed change to remove listed properties
from the category entitled to relief.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Revenues and Benefits Economic Development
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) Yes
Who will be affected by this policy?
Any rate payer currently in receipt of EPR that owns a listed property, currently 6 listed
buildings within our area in receipt of EPR.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Economic Development Institute of Revenues, Ratings and Valuation
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
The Council needs to
have due regard to
the Fairer Scotland
Duty when making
strategic decisions.
The removal of EPR
will have a financial
impact rate payers
currently in receipt
of it. Currently rate
payers receive 100%
EPR and with
Financial impact on
those rate payers
impacted. Potential
benefit to local
economy.

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proposed changes
this will be removed
and full non-
domestic rates will
be charged from 1st
April 2024.
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Removal of the 100% EPR awarded indefinitely to unoccupied listed buildings, provides an
opportunity to make changes that will encourage owners to bring empty premises back into use,
therefore supporting the aims of the economic strategy to strengthen the local economy and
support existing businesses.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
EIA 859: The removal provides an opportunity to bring long term empty properties back into
use benefiting the local areas economically and meeting the aims of the Scottish Government
legislation and policy. Rate payers of relevant properties will of course be the majority of whom
are likely to be developers.

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AssessmentNo 950 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn Assets Coordinator
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES22- Review Asset Management Resource
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council’s Asset Management team has three posts all of which are less than a
whole FTE and all are current vacancies. These can be removed from the
establishment without material impact on service delivery or other staff's
workload. A further grade 5 post will be reallocated to HRA from GS. The posts are
on grade 8 (0.2 FTE), a grade 3 (0.5 FTE), a grade 3 (0.4 FTE), and a grade 5 (1
FTE)
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Staff Members/Chief Officers
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Important to
consider any cross
cutting factors
These can be
removed from the
establishment
without material
impact on service
delivery or other
staff's workload.
Neutral in all
respected

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Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 950; These vacant posts can be removed from the establishment without material
impact on service delivery or other staff's workload.

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AssessmentNo 951 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn Assets Coordinator
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES23- Review of Facility Assistants
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council’s Asset Management team has 1.6 FTE Grade 3 Facility Assistants
who provide day to day janitorial and cleaning services at Aurora House (leased
from Clydebank Property Company). This option would remove the service from
the Asset Management team but retain a reduced service for the common parts of
Aurora House through a 1 FTE being funded by the Clydebank Property Company.
This will generate an annual revenue saving of £53,812.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
WDC Staff Members/Chief Officers
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. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
All Council services, Elected Members and partner organisations including the Scottish
Government.
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Michelle Lynn, Assets Coordinator - conducted this high level efficiency option; Laurence Slavin,
Chief Officer - Resources.
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex

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Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Introduce
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 951 shows no relevance to equality, human rights, health or social economic impacts
and does not effect staff or service delivery therefore no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 952 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn, Assets Coordinator Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES25 - Income Generation (Levengrove Park )
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Asset Management will seek new income opportunities for Levengrove Pavilion and
associated land for activity purposes via transferring the asset to non-operational
estate. This would generate an estimated £20k per annum in income and remove
£43k per annum of maintenance costs.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
No staff members will be displaced as a result of this proposal. Should opportunities
arise for additional income a further screening and if required EIA will be carried
out for that purpose.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age N/A N/A N/A
Cross Cutting N/A N/A N/A
Disability N/A N/A N/A
Social & Economic
Impact N/A N/A N/A
Sex N/A N/A N/A
Gender Reassign N/A N/A N/A
Health N/A N/A N/A

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Human Rights N/A N/A N/A
Marriage & Civil
Partnership N/A N/A N/A
Pregnancy &
Maternity N/A N/A N/A
Race N/A N/A N/A
Religion and Belief N/A N/A N/A
Sexual Orientation N/A N/A N/A
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 952 concludes that the proposal is not relevant and therefore does not require an impact
assessment.

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AssessmentNo 953 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn Assets Coordinator
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES26 - Increased Water Authority income
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The Council receives a fee from the Water Authority for the collection of water
rates which is done by including the water charge in household council tax
invoices. The 2023/24 fee has increased by £25k (over existing budget) and we
have been advised this is a permanent increase. This management adjustment
would right size the income budget.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
N/A
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
N/A
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
N/A
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age N/A N/A N/A
Cross Cutting N/A N/A N/A
Disability N/A N/A N/A
Social & Economic
Impact N/A N/A N/A
Sex N/A N/A N/A
Gender Reassign N/A N/A N/A
Health N/A N/A N/A
Human Rights N/A N/A N/A

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership N/A N/A N/A
Pregnancy &
Maternity N/A N/A N/A
Race N/A N/A N/A
Religion and Belief N/A N/A N/A
Sexual Orientation N/A N/A N/A
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Proposal does not have a negative impact with any group.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes inline with current processes.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 953 concludes that the proposal is not relevant, therefore no EIA is required.

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AssessmentNo 954 Owner mlynn2
Resource Transformation Service/Establishment Budget Resource
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Michelle Lynn Assets Coordinator
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function
or financial decision)
Policy Title RES27 - Outsource the Management of Retail Assets.
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
Under this option, the management of retail assets would be outsourced on a
spend to save basis. It is anticipated that the expenditure incurred outsourcing the
activity would be exceeded by additional income generated by allowing the estate
surveyors to focus on increasing the rent generated from vacant properties. An
estimate of a net income of £33,000 per annum has been made.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
N/A
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
N/A
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
N/A
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age N/A N/A N/A
Cross Cutting N/A N/A N/A
Disability N/A N/A N/A
Social & Economic
Impact N/A N/A N/A
Sex N/A N/A N/A
Gender Reassign N/A N/A N/A
Health N/A N/A N/A
Human Rights N/A N/A N/A

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership N/A N/A N/A
Pregnancy &
Maternity N/A N/A N/A
Race N/A N/A N/A
Religion and Belief N/A N/A N/A
Sexual Orientation N/A N/A N/A
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Proposal does not have a negative impact with any group.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Yes inline with current processes.
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 954 concludes that the proposal is not relevant, so no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 957 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
 
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
 
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR09 - Solicitor Support to HRA Capital
 
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To properly allocate funding from HRA Capital to reflect support given by Legal
Services to Housing New Build and Buy-back programmes.
 
 
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Housing &Employability
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
 
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

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Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 957: The proposal involves an allocation of funding only and does not impact delivery of
services to any party and is not relevant in terms of equality, human rights or socio economic
impact therefore no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 958 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
 
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
 
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR11 - Contaminated Land Officer
 
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To remove vacant 1 FTE post from the establishment and allocate Capital (half FTE)
funding to the remaining post to reflect current duties.
 
 
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration Services
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
 
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

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Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 958 The proposal involves the non-filling of a post and the allocation of funding to reflect
current duties. The proposal is not relevant to any of the areas we assess therefore no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 959 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR13 -Technical Support Team  (Support Officer)
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To realise savings by the removal of a currently vacant post (half FTE). The post is
surplus to current requirements.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration Services
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

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Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 959: The proposal involves the non-filling of a post and an associated reduction in funding.
Since there is no relevance to impact on any of the areas we assess no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 960 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
 
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
 
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy
function or financial decision)
Policy Title RR14 - Co-ordinator: Environmental Health
 
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The proposal is to fill the post of Principal Environmental Health Officer and
remove one of the Co-ordinator Posts from the establishment. While the
proposal will include the removal of a post which is currently occupied by a
member of staff acting up, it will maintain a clear route for progression and will
not involve any loss of substantive role.
 
 
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the
development and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration Services
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation
to this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any
negative impact on particular groups.
 
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign

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Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 960: While the proposal will include the removal of a post which is currently
occupied by a member of staff acting up, it will maintain a clear route for progression and will
not involve any loss of substantive role. Since there is no relevance to impact on any of the areas
we assess no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 961 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR15 - Planning Compliance Officer
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To remove a vacant post from the establishment. The duties of the post have for some
time been absorbed within the wider Development Management staff.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration Services.
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

Page 210

Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 961: The proposal involves the non-filling of a post and an associated reduction in funding.
There is no relevant impacts covered by our assessment therefore an EIA is not required.

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AssessmentNo 962 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
 
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
 
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR16 - Building Standards Surveyor
 
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To remove a vacant post from the establishment. The workload is currently addressed
within the wider team.
 
 
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration Services
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
 
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

Page 212

Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 962; The proposal involves the non-filling of a post and an associated reduction in funding.
There is no anticipated impact on any protected group.

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AssessmentNo 963 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
 
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
 
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR17- Reduce Hours - Solicitor
 
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
The proposal is to formally reduce the hours of one vacant solicitor post to 28 hours
rather than 35. This matches the hours worked by the previous incumbent.
 
 
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal opportunities
(A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
 
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights
Marriage & Civil

Page 214

Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please provide
justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 963: The proposal involves the reduction in hours of a vacant post to those recently worked
by the previous incumbent. As there is no relevance to any of the areas we assess, no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 964 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR18 - Clydebank - Towns Fund Support
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
It is proposed that funding equivalent to one grade 8 post is applied to the Business
Development Team to allow an officer / officers to undertake this role from the
Towns Fund funding stream to allow support to the Clydebank Towns Fund Board.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our
procurement services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to
this policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative
impact on particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights

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Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 964 The proposal involves the application of part of a new funding stream to fund a
council officer for support. The proposal is not relevant to any of the areas we need to assess
therefore no EIA is needed.

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AssessmentNo 965 Owner ADouglas
Resource
Regeneration,
Environment
and Growth
Service/Establishment Budget R and R
First Name Surname Job title
Head Officer Alan Douglas Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(include job titles/organisation)
Members Alan Douglas - Chief Officer: Regulatory and Regeneration
(Please note: the word 'policy' is used as shorthand for stategy policy function or
financial decision)
Policy Title RR19 - LUF Revenue Funding - Final Year
The aim, objective,purpose and intended out come of policy
To apply additional Levelling Up Fund funding from UK Government to contribute
towards officer time and costs spent on Levelling Up Fund projects, not otherwise
accounted for.
Service/Partners/Stakeholders/service users involved in the development
and/or implementation of policy.
Regulatory and Regeneration
Does the proposals involve the procurement of any goods or
services? No
If yes please confirm that you have contacted our procurement
services to discuss your requirements. No
SCREENING
You must indicate if there is any relevance to the four areas
Duty to eliminate discrimination (E), advance equal
opportunities (A) or foster good relations (F) No
Relevance to Human Rights (HR) No
Relevance to Health Impacts (H) No
Relevance to Social Economic Impacts (SE) No
Who will be affected by this policy?
Who will be/has been involved in the consultation process?
Please outline any particular need/barriers which equality groups may have in relation to this
policy list evidence you are using to support this and whether there is any negative impact on
particular groups.
Needs Evidence Impact
Age
Cross Cutting
Disability
Social & Economic
Impact
Sex
Gender Reassign
Health
Human Rights

Page 218

Marriage & Civil
Partnership
Pregnancy &
Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sexual Orientation
Actions
Policy has a negative impact on an equality group,but is still to be implemented, please
provide justification for this.
Will the impact of the policy be monitored and reported on an ongoing bases?
Q7 What is you recommendation for this policy?
Please provide a meaningful summary of how you have reached the recommendation
Screening 965: The proposal involves the application of a discreet funding stream to fund Council
officer involvement with Levelling Up Fund projects. Since there is no relevance to impact on any of
the areas we assess no EIA is needed.