Equality Impact Assessment

Lead officer(s)

Malcolm Rae

Date relevance assessment conducted

19 Feb 2025

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 : No

Women and men (boys and girls) : Yes

Older people : Yes

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people : No

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

Women who are pregnant or on maternity leave : Yes

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?

N/A

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

N/A

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

Eliminate discrimination faced by particular groups : high

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? high

Impact on communities, including communities of interest: medium

Reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage:

Equality impact assessment required?

N/A

Rationale for decision

The current 15-year lease with JC Decaux is finished - APC at Foregate has already been removed in preparation for a multi-storey car park demolition. Mauchline APC could be closed. This is not a statutory service required by the authority to provide.

It is likely that if we renew the lease, it will cost more annually than currently budgeted and therefore become budget pressure.