Section C
Belfast City Council also has legislative obligations to meet under the Disability Discrimination Order and Questions 12-13 relate to these two areas.
Consideration of Disability Duties
12. Does this proposed policy / decision provide an opportunity for the Council to better promote positive attitudes towards disabled people?
Key Section 75 Stakeholders will be engaged during the development of this policy.
13. Does this proposed policy / decision provide an opportunity to actively increase the participation by disabled people in public life?
Key Section 75 Stakeholders will be engaged during the development of this policy.
14. Multiple Identities
Provide details of data on the impact of the policy with multiple identities.
Key Section 75 Stakeholders will be engaged during the development of this policy.
15. Monitoring Arrangements
Section 75 places a requirement the Council to have equality monitoring arrangements in place in order to assess the impact of policies and services etc; and to help identify barriers to fair participation and to better promote equality of opportunity.
Outline what data you will collect in the future in order to monitor the impact of this policy / decision on equality, good relations and disability duties.
| Equality | Good Relations | Disability Duties |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate complaints | Corporate complaints | Corporate complaints |
As part of the implementation of the final validation checklist, officers propose to put in place monitoring processes during the bedding in period to capture any questions and queries raised by applicants about the validation checklist. These will be considered as part of the future review of the checklist.
