Sex and gender in data guidance: equality impact assessment

Stage 4: Decision making and monitoring

Identifying and establishing any required mitigating action

Have positive or negative impacts been identified for any of the equality groups?

Yes. Positive impacts for the protected characteristics of sex and gender reassignment.

Is the policy directly or indirectly discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010?

No

If the policy is indirectly discriminatory, how is it justified under the relevant legislation?

Not applicable

If not justified, what mitigating action will be undertaken?

Not applicable

Describing how Equality Impact analysis has shaped the policy making process

It is expected that the guidance will improve the collection of data about sex and gender by public bodies in Scotland. This will have wider policy implications in the analysis and presentation of these breakdowns to highlight where more needs done to tackle inequalities and identify potential discrimination. This would have the impact of improving outcomes for people and communities in society.

Human Rights consideration - Are there procedures in place for staff or service users who feel that their human rights have been or are in danger of being breached to hold the organisation to account?

It has highlighted that more disaggregation of data between men and women and obtaining more data on trans people may help tackle discrimination.

Monitoring and Review

In this section, explain how you will monitor and evaluate this policy to measure progress on equality issues identified in the EQIA. Include information on when the monitoring and evaluation will take place, and who is responsible for undertaking it. This should be part of the regular monitoring and evaluation mechanisms you devise for your policy.