Consultation response questions
Published 28 November 2025
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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/equality-scheme-for-department-for-culture-media-and-sport/consultation-response-questions
In order to meet the statutory deadline for submitting the revised Equality Scheme to the Equality Commission, responses must be received no later than XXX.
Background
Under the powers granted by Schedule 9 3 (1) b of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) have called for the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission to produce a revised Equality Scheme to replace the current scheme published in March 2001.
An Equality Scheme is a document which outlines a Public Authority’s arrangements for complying with its Section 75 obligations. It must include an outline of the arrangements for carrying out consultations, screening, equality impact assessments, monitoring, training and arrangements for ensuring access to information and services. The attached Equality Scheme closely follows the template issued by ECNI on 1 November 2010.
Purpose
The questionnaire seeks your views on the Equality Scheme. It is important to note that this relates solely to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and its functions. The consultation questionnaire The questionnaire can be completed by individual stakeholders, members of the public, or it can be completed on behalf of a group or organisation.
The consultation questionnaire
The questionnaire can be completed by individual stakeholders, members of the public, or it can be completed on behalf of a group or organisation.
Consultation – Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Equality Scheme
Your Details
- Name
- Job title
- Organisation
- Address
- Telephone
- 1. May we contact you should clarification be required on you response? Yes / No (delete as appropriate)
- 2. The purpose of this Equality Scheme is to outline the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission’s arrangements for complying with its Section 75 obligations. It includes an outline of the arrangements to carry out consultations; screenings (and where appropriate equality impact assessments); monitoring; training; and ensuring access to information and services. Please provide details of anything that you consider missing or which would help to make clearer the arrangements for:
- (a) carrying out consultations
- (b) carrying out screenings and equality impact assessments
- (c) monitoring
- (d) training
- (e) ensuring access to information and services
- 3. If there are any other measures which could be included within the Equality Scheme that would better promote good relations please provide details.
- 4. Do you have any other general comments on the draft Equality Scheme? Note: it would be helpful if commenting on specific items within the draft Equality Scheme to quote the particular paragraph number(s).
- Please send your response to:
The Acting Equality Manager
Commission and Corporate Support Unit
Room 152
Parliament Buildings
Ballymiscaw Stormont
BT4 3XX
Email: equality@niassembly.co.uk
Web: www.niassembly.gov.uk
Tel: 028 90418377
Textphone: 028 90521209
Please note: Responses to this consultation will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which gives the right of access to the information held by public authorities. Before you submit your response, please read Appendix 1 about the effect of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the confidentiality of responses to public consultation exercises.