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It guides policy scoping, gathers qualitative and quantitative evidence across Section 75 categories, captures needs and priorities, and includes specific prompts for disability-related duties. It then supports screening decisions on whether an EQIA is needed, plus monitoring and senior-manager authorisation to mitigate adverse impact and ensure ongoing review.","Equality & Disability Duties \u000bScreening Template\nDecember 2023 version\nScreening flowchart and template (taken from Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - A Guide for public authorities April 2010 (Appendix 1)).\nIntroduction\nPart 1.  Policy scoping – asks public authorities to provide details about the policy, procedure, practice and/or decision being screened and what available evidence you have gathered to help make an assessment of the likely impact on equality of opportunity and good relations.\nPart 2.  Screening questions – asks about the extent of the likely impact of the policy on groups of people within each of the Section 75 categories. Details of the groups consulted and the level of assessment of the likely impact. This includes consideration of multiple identity and good relations issues. This section also includes two questions related to the Disability Duties.\nPart 3.  Screening decision – guides the public authority to reach a screening decision as to whether or not there is a need to carry out an equality impact assessment (EQIA), or to introduce measures to mitigate the likely impact, or the introduction of an alternative policy to better promote equality of opportunity and/or good relations.\nPart 4.  Monitoring – provides guidance to public authorities on monitoring for adverse impact and broader monitoring.\nPart 5. Consideration of Human Rights – please note this is not a Human Rights Screening form but rather a prompt that impacts on Human Rights should be considered.\nPart 6.  Approval and authorisation – verifies the public authority’s approval of a screening decision by a senior manager responsible for the policy.\nA screening flowchart is provided below.\n\u001f\nPart 1. Policy scoping\nThe first stage of the screening process involves scoping the policy under consideration. The purpose of policy scoping is to help prepare the background and context and set out the aims and objectives for the policy, being screened.  At this stage, scoping the policy will help identify potential constraints as well as opportunities and will help the policy maker work through the screening process on a step by step basis.\nPublic authorities should remember that the Section 75 statutory duties apply to internal policies (relating to people who work for the authority), as well as external policies (relating to those who are, or could be, served by the authority).\nInformation about the policy\nName of the policy\nIs this an existing, revised or new policy?\nWhat is it trying to achieve? (intended aims/outcomes)\nAre there any Section 75 categories which might be expected to benefit from the intended policy?     \u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015 Yes \t\u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015 No (select as appropriate)\nIf so, explain how.\nWho initiated or wrote the policy?\nWho owns and who implements the policy?\nImplementation factors\nAre there any factors which could contribute to/detract from the intended aim/outcome of the policy/decision?   \u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015 Yes   \u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015 No (select as appropriate)\nIf yes, are they (please select as appropriate)\nFinancial\t\t\u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015\nLegislative\t\u0013 FORMCHECKBOX \u0014\u0015\nother, please specify:\nMain stakeholders affected\nWho are the internal and external stakeholders (actual or potential) that the policy will impact upon? 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