Equity, diversity and inclusion
Equity, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Equity, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
As a public body we have legal responsibilities to ensure that our services consider the nature of equity, diversity, and inclusion, guided by the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty.
We know how important it is to reflect the diverse communities we serve. It is an important part of our work when consulting and engaging with communities in West Yorkshire. We want to make sure our projects reflect the views of everyone working, living, and travelling through and around West Yorkshire.
We’ve started to ask questions about you at the end of every survey. These questions are completely optional for you to answer.
They will be used to understand who is having their say about our projects and who is not. It will help us to identify if we are failing to reach key groups in that area and will help us to adapt our engagement styles to reach more people. Most importantly, it will mean that the feedback we receive reflects the community we are working with.
We ask questions about you so that we can understand who is engaging with our projects. The information helps us to understand which groups of people we are engaging with and which groups we could engage with better. We only know this by asking the questions. All of the questions about you are completely optional and will be anonymised.
As a public body we have to follow the public sector equality duty. This means we consider the needs of everyone in our day-to-day work, which supports good decision making.
Part of the public sector equality duty that we must follow states:
A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to—
(a)eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act;
(b)advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it;
(c)foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
We want to make sure we ask the right questions and give people the chance to identify in a way that represents them. In order to decide on these questions we:
The information from the questions about you will be used for reporting purposes. We will never allow your information to be identifiable. All of our reports will be anonymised.
We ask questions about you so that we can understand who is engaging with our projects. The information helps us to understand which groups of people we are engaging with and which groups we could engage with better. We only know this by asking the questions. All of the questions about you are completely optional and will be anonymised.
