SEStran as a public body listed under the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2012 (Scotland) Specific Duties Regulations, has a requirement to publish a set of Equality Outcomes, covering the period April 2025 – March 2029, which it considers will enable it to better perform the equality duty.
A requirement of publishing a set of Equality Outcomes is the need to take steps to involve people who share a relevant protected characteristic and any person who appears to represent the interest of those people. To this end the draft Equality Outcomes were developed with input from EHRC workshops and desk-based research.
This consultation seeks your views on the draft equality outcomes developed by SEStran.
Equality outcomes are results intended to achieve specific and identifiable improvements in the lives of those who are most disadvantaged and to narrow or remove the biggest inequalities experienced by particular groups who have a protected characteristic. The Equality Act 2010 defines these characteristics as:
SEStran have developed two new draft outcomes:
SEStran propose to extend the following two outcomes into the new reporting period, as there is still some progress to be made delivering these:
They can be viewed in full in the draft Equalities Outcomes summary using the following link:
TO TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:
https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/TJQSDZ6
The responses to this consultation will be considered and the draft report will be taken to the SEStran Partnership Board on 23 April 2025 for final review and approval, followed by formal publication by 30 April 2025.
If you require information in any other format, a different language, or you require assistance to take part in the consultation, please contact angela.chambers@sestran.gov.uk
