Equality Impact Assessment
Equality Risk
Impact | Low 1 | Moderate 2 | Substantial 3 | Critical 4 |
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Legal challenge to the Authority under the Public Sector Equality Duty | Complaint/initial challenge may easily be resolved | Internal investigation following a number of complaints or challenges | Ombudsman complaint following unresolved complaints or challenges | Risk of high level challenge resulting in Judicial Review |
Financial costs/implications | Little or no additional financial implication as a result of this decision or proposal | Medium level implication with internal legal costs and internal resources | High financial impact - External legal advice and internal resources | Severe financial impact - legal costs and internal resources |
People impacts | No or Low or level of impact on isolation, quality of life, achievement, access to services. Unlikely to result in harm or injury. Mitigating actions are sufficient | Significant quality of life issues i.e. Achievement, access to services. Minor to significant levels of harm, injury. mistreatment or abuse OR, low level of impact that is possible or likely to occur with over 500 people potentially affected | Serious Quality of Life issues i.e. Where isolation increases or vulnerability is greatly affected as a result. Injury and/or serious mistreatment or abuse of an individual for whom the Council has a responsibility OR, a medium level of impact that is likely to occur with over 500 people potentially affected | Death of an individual for whom the Council has a responsibility or serious mistreatment or abuse resulting in criminal charges OR High level of impact that is likely to occur, with potentially over 500 people potentially affected |
Impact | Acceptable (1 to 4) | (5 to 8) | Actively managed (9 to 16) | Actively managed (9 to 16) |
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Critical (4) | 4 | 8 | 12 Significant risk | 16 Significant risk |
Substantial (3) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 Significant risk |
Moderate (2) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
Low (1) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Likelihood of occurrence | Very lively (1) | Unlikely (2) | Likely (3) | Very likely (4) |