Equality Objectives Consultation

Overview

Slough Borough Council is consulting on its equality objectives – a key part of our public sector equality duties under the Equality Act, 2010. 

The objectives set out what we aim to achieve over the next 4 years to: 

• Reduce inequalities for Slough residents and service users 

• Reduce inequalities and promote diversity and inclusion for our workforce 

For further information, please see:  

• Cabinet Report and Detailed Objectives and Indicators 

• Slough Insights Data Pack 

• Our Corporate Plan

• Workforce Equality Data 

Data Protection Statement

This consultation questionnaire and the information we collect will be used for the purposes of evidence-based decision making on Slough Borough Council’s future focus, approach and priorities. We are committed to the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulations and by continuing to complete this consultation questionnaire you are consenting to us processing this data. 

This will be used to make decisions in a public forum and the results will be published online and anonymous data may be accessed by third parties to validate the results of the consultation.  

We will only retain the data collected for as long as is necessary and, after the period determined by our Data Protection Officer, this data will be destroyed in accordance with our IT and Information Security Procedures.  

Please refer to our data privacy notice at https://www.slough.gov.uk/data-protection-foi/privacy-notices for further details on how we protect your privacy.  

If you have any concerns or questions about how we look after your personal information, please email DataProtectionOfficer@slough.gov.uk

Why your views matter

We are seeking your views on the proposed equality objectives. We would like you to tell us: 

• If you agree with the 5 equality objectives we have identified 

• If you have any further comments we should consider regarding the proposed objectives 

You can also email any additional comments to equalities@slough.gov.uk  

What happens next

This consultation is now closed.

The outcome of the consultation will be presented alongside the final version of the objectives when this is brought to Cabinet and Full Council in 2024.