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Response 3749317

Response to request for information

Reference

3749317

Response date

30 May 2025

Request

  1. Has your authority adopted the social model of disability in its practices?
  1. If yes to Q1, has this been formally adopted at a council meeting or similar?
  1. Have your staff and councillors been trained in disability awareness, including the social model of disability?
  1. Do your equality impact assessments include reference to the social model of disability and its implications for policy decisions?
  1. Does your authority employ an access officer or similar (e.g. access design officer or disabilities officer) to provide advice to officials and others about access standards and design? If yes, please provide the specific job title.
  1. Does your authority have a policy or charter covering accessible streets for disabled people, for example a Streets Charter, accessible streets policy or similar? If so, please can you provide a copy.
  1. Is your authority part of the Disability Confident scheme? If so, at what level - Committed, Employer, Leader?

Response

  1. Has your authority adopted the social model of disability in its practices? No
  1. If yes to Q1, has this been formally adopted at a council meeting or similar? Not applicable
  1. Have your staff and councillors been trained in disability awareness, including the social model of disability? Yes

    – disability discrimination e-learning (however this does not refer to the social model of disability)

  1. Do your equality impact assessments include reference to the social model of disability and its implications for policy decisions? No
  1. Does your authority employ an access officer or similar (e.g. access design officer or disabilities officer) to provide advice to officials and others about access standards and design? If yes, please provide the specific job title. No
  1. Does your authority have a policy or charter covering accessible streets for disabled people, for example a Streets Charter, accessible streets policy or similar? If so, please can you provide a copy. No
  1. Is your authority part of the Disability Confident scheme? If so, at what level - Committed, Employer, Leader? Yes - employer

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