Integrated Impact Assessment

Lead officer(s)

Nick Kelly

Date relevance assessment conducted

01 Mar 2023

Which groups of people do you think will be, or potentially could be, impacted (positively or negatively) upon by the implementation of this policy?

People with disabilities : Yes

People from black and minority ethnic communities and different racial backgrounds : Yes

Women and men (boys and girls) : Yes

Older people : Yes

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people : Yes

People from different religions or beliefs and people with no belief : Yes

Women who are pregnant or on maternity leave : No

People who are married or in a civil partnership : No

Children and young people : No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Children's Rights 4?

No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Human Rights 8?

No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially:

Eliminate discrimination faced by particular groups : low

Impact upon the promotion of equality of opportunity between particular groups : low

Impact upon good relations between particular groups : low

Does it have overall relevance to equality? low

Impact on communities, including communities of interest: low

Reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage:

Equality impact assessment required?

No

Rationale for decision

1.Burials charges have not risen in last 3 financial years when other authorities have applied a charge we are raising this by 10% which brings it back in line.

when this is benchmarked against other authorities charges we would still be one of the 3 lowest in Scotland.

2.We are also mitigating this in financial year 23/24 buy covering the initial increase by paying this from balance approximately £60k

3. The re-tender of Respectful funeral service has now been completed and implemented with 4 partners providing a respectful, affordable and local alternative which reduces the cost and can be tailored to suit bereaved families requirements