The aim of the statement of Purpose is to:
Meet the requirements of section 44 of the Children Act 2004 and replace regulations( the Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005, which came into force on 1 July 2005.
It is designed to ensure the wellbeing of children who may be living by private arrangement with people other than close relatives.
Healthwatch will be the new independent consumer champion for both health and social care issues.
The aims and objectives of Healthwatch are twofold:-
This is the Stage 1 Equality Impact Assessment - Initial Screening, for the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service Integrated Risk Management Plan 2013-2015.
The Adult Community Learning Plan outlines the planned scope and volume of community learning programmes to be delivered during the 2012/13 academic year as contracted by the Skills Funding Agency. The programme covers:
· Family learning;
· Community learning programmes including basic skills. This Equality Impact Assessment judges whether the plan disadvantaged anyone with a protected characteristic.
Equality Impact Assessment initial document to support the consideration of developing ring fenced apprenticeships for Isle of Wight Looked After Children
The Council currently has two separate contracts that provide support and advice to people with
a sensory impairment. The contract supporting people with sight impairment is run by the Isle of
Wight Society for the Blind whilst the other contract supporting people with a hearing impairment
is run by Action on Hearing Loss.
The intention is to bring together both of these services into one single contract and to provide
increased support to people who are deaf blind, children in transition who are not in education
and people with other related sensory impairments.
At this stage it is projected that the financial assistance for the scheme to be provided by Central Government will be some £1.9m less than the amount currently provided to support the existing Council Tax Benefit scheme. In order to fully or partly meet this funding gap the Council has to consider a reduction of council tax support paid to working age claimants.
This is an EIA connected with the uplift of residential and nursing care home fees for 2012/13.
The Health and Wellbeing Strategy has been published for public consultation. This is the inital EIA which will be completed in full following the completion of the consultation.
Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) of the financial regulations 2012
The Equality Impact Assessment for the Parking Places Traffic Regulation Order No 1 2012
Stage 1 Equality Impact Assessment for the Strengthening Families Programme
Stage 2 Equality Impact Assessment for the Strengthening Families Programme
The making of the Isle of Wight Council (Various Streets, Ventnor) (Traffic Regulation) Order No 1 2012, that seeks to consolidate the parking restrictions on the Esplanade and amend the parking restrictions in St Catherine Street, Ventnor. The proposed restrictions for the Esplanade are already in place following an accessibility scheme completed in 2009 and covered by a temporary traffic order; this process will consolidate the temporary traffic order into the permanent traffic order therefore no changes will occur on-street.
There are additional double yellow lines proposed for St Catherine Street.
The making of the Isle of Wight Council (Various Streets, Cowes) (Traffic Regulation) Order No 1 2012, that seeks to amend the parking restrictions in Newport Road, St Faiths Road, Highfield Road, Nelson Drive, Pelham Road and Arctic Road, Cowes.
The national Council Tax Benefit (CTB) scheme comes to an end on 31ST March 2013 to be replaced by a locally determined system of Council Tax Support (CTS). The funding made available by Government for the new scheme will be reduced by 10% nationally and cash limited. The aim of the new support scheme is to provide financial assistance to council taxpayers who have low incomes. Persons who are of state pension credit qualifying age are protected under the scheme in that the calculation of the support they are to receive has been set by Central Government. For working age applicants however the support they receive on the Isle of Wight is to be determined by the Council.
At this stage it is projected that the financial assistance for the scheme to be provided by Central Government will be some £1.8m less than the amount currently provided to support the existing Council Tax Benefit scheme. In order to fully or partly meet this funding gap the Council has to consider a reduction of council tax support paid to working age claimants. This completed EIA sets out the considerations in providing the final Council Tax Support scheme.
The aim of the delegated decision report is to set out the issues associated with joining with our neighbouring authorities (Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils) and the Solent Local Economic Partnership (SLEP) as a member of the Solent Local Transport Body (SLTB) – the sole aim of which is to draw down, prioritise and allocate government money to fund major (£2m+) transport schemes in the SLEP area.
The expected outcome will be that the Isle of Wight Council joins the SLTB and will then be able to attract additional funds to spend on large transport schemes on the Island.
Equality impact assessment in respect of Technical reforms to Council Tax that apply to second homes and empty properties.
The national Social Fund Discretionary Scheme for Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants comes to an end on 31ST March 2013 to be replaced by a locally determined system of Local Assistance Scheme (LAS). The funding made available by Government for the new scheme will be cash limited. The aim of the new support scheme is to provide financial assistance to island residents for general living expenses who are in genuine hardship and can not be met through other means.
This is a pilot year scheme to enable the Council to monitor, evaluate and deliver a responsive scheme of local assistance and will be delivered through the grant funding available of £344K.
Policy for considering applications for Discretionary Business Rate Relief