The public sector Equality Duty came into force in 2011. It means that, as a public body, we have to consider all individuals when carrying out our day-to-day work in relation to shaping policy, delivering services and our staff. It also requires us to have due regard to eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different people when carrying out our activities.

To demonstrate compliance with the Equality Duty, we monitor two key performance indicators; Employee age (range and median) and Gender pay gap (mean):

This information will be available from June 2026