What should a race equality scheme include?
The statutory duties order referred to earlier specifically sets out what is legally required in a scheme. It must set out how an authority will meet the general duty and set out its arrangements for meeting each of the specific duties. A scheme should be able to answer how the authority will: • Decide which of its services and policies are relevant to the general duty; • Assess and monitor its services and policies, including services and policies it is proposing to introduce, to make sure that they are not affecting some groups negatively, and that all communities are satisfied with them; • Deal with evidence that its services and policies are not in line with the general duty; • Consult the general public and, particularly, involve ethnic minorities at all stages; • Deal with complaints about the way it is meeting the duties, or other complaints about racial equality; • Publish the results of its assessments, consultations and monitoring; • Make sure that everyone, whatever their et
