Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Policy on a proposed draft Disability Equality Scheme for the Council.

The content of the draft Disability Equality Scheme was approved for consultation.

By way of a report by the Head of Policy (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet was invited to consider the content of a draft Disability Equality Scheme for adoption by the Council. 

Members were advised that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended) would place a duty on public bodies to promote disability equality and that preparation of a draft scheme would enable consultation to be undertaken in advance of the statutory deadline for implementation.  Having been informed that the draft scheme would be produced in a similar way to the current Race Equality Scheme, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the content of the draft Disability Equality Scheme be approved for consultation.