Summary
The Executive Office has undertaken an Equality Impact Assessment on the proposals for allocating the Department’s budget allocation for 2024-2025. The process aims to avoid any adverse impacts and, where possible, take action to mitigate against specific adverse impacts. The Equality Impact Assessment examines options for reductions and the equality impacts of these options. Consultation responses are also invited on the Rural Needs Impact Assessment (RNIA) contained in Annex B and the Children’s Right’s Impact Assessment (CRIA) contained in Annex C.
Documents
- Equality Impact Assessment - for Public Consultation on The Executive Office’s Budget for 2024–2025
- Annex A - TEO Section 75 Equality Screening Form
- Annex B - Rural Needs Impact Assessment (RNIA)
- Annex C - Child Rights Impact Assessment template (CRIA)
- Final Report and Recommendations on the EQIA for the Executive Office’s Spending Plans for 2024-2025
Consultation description
Citizen Space
Access to the Consultation can be found here: https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/teo/teo-budget-2024-2025-equality-impact-assessment-co/
Description
The Department is committed to seeking the views of those who are affected by the decisions that it will make in relation to its budget. We are keen to hear from individuals and organisations about their views on the equality implications of the decisions being made and about any mitigations that the Department could put in place.
Full details of how the information you provide will be used and retained are provided in the Consultation, Publication and Decision section of the Equality Impact Assessment.
The Department will consult for a 12-week period. The Department will particularly encourage responses within the initial four weeks of the consultation period. Views received during this time will be used to inform the Department’s internal reallocations of funds to its business areas within TEO and its ALBs, as well as bids and allocations.
Responses received between Week 5 and Week 12 of the consultation will be used to consider further mitigation measures, to inform in-year budget reallocation processes, and to direct any additional funding (or further reductions) that emerge over the course of the financial year, such as during later Monitoring rounds.
Please click here to share your views on the Equality Impact Assessment, Rural Needs Impact Assessment and Children’s Rights Impact Assessment for 2024-25
Responses should be returned by 13 September 2024 (for the first phase- Weeks 1-4) and/or 08 November 2024 (for the second phase- Weeks 5-12).
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.