The Public Sector Equality Duty Composite Report 2025
Contents
- The Public Sector Equality Duty Composite Report 2025
- NLC Equality Strategy 2019-2024
- Governance
- Fairer Scotland Duty
- Equality in the Council's Procurement Function
- Education
- North Lanarkshire Licensing Board
- NLC Employment
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2021-2025 Progress Report
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 1 to 3
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 4 to 6
- Progress 2021-25 Outcomes 7 to 9
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-2029
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 1 to 3
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 4 to 6
- NLC Equality Outcomes 2025-29 - Outcomes 7 to 10
- Next Steps
- NLC Employment Information
- NLC Employment Information - Sex
- NLC Employment Information - Disability
- NLC Employment Information - Ethnicity
- NLC Employment Information - Age
- NLC Employment Information - Sexual Orientation
- NLC Employment Information - Gender Reassignment
- NLC Employment Information - Religion and Belief
- NLC Employment Information - Marriage and Civil Partnership
- NLC Employment Information - Pregnancy and Maternity
- Occupational Segregation – Grades and Occupations – sex, disability and ethnicity
- NLC Equal Pay Statement
Governance
To have an effective strategy for Delivering Equality requires effective governance and monitoring arrangements to be put in place.
Equalities Governance and Structures
| Council’s Wellbeing and Tackling Poverty Committee | |||
| Equality Board Members: Chief Officer People Resources; Equality Team; Corporate Leads – Equality Outcomes; Service Leads – Cex, E&C, E&F, HSCP; and Elected Member Equality Champion. | Multi-Agency/Partnerships: Violence against Women Group; Strategic Leadership Board Lead Officers Group; Lanarkshire BSL Steering Group; and North Lanarkshire Disability Access Panel | ||
| Equally Safe at Work Working Group | Disability Equality Working Group | Employee Equality Forum | |
Everyone who works for the council, whether directly or through commissioning, is responsible for ensuring that the culture for effective mainstreaming is developed, nurtured and sustained and the objectives of the Equality Strategy are reflected in the planning and delivery of their services.
The Council’s Equality Board
The Equality Board is responsible for ensuring all equality matters are advanced and fit for purpose. It:
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provides a collective, cross-service approach in the advancement of equality in the delivery of the Plan for North Lanarkshire;
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advises the Council on matters of compliance re the Public Sector Equality duties (General and Specific);
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ensures the effective implementation of the Equalities Delivery Framework;
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engages across services to ensure equality is embedded and advanced via the development of individual service equality action plans;
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develops a robust performance monitoring framework that will more effectively measure performance and impacts against the equality outcomes; and
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reports on progress to the Wellbeing and Tackling Poverty Committee.
