Policies and toolkits approved or used by the Local Education Authority
Dear Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please provide any information you hold which fits the following descriptions:
1. A copy of any Trans Inclusion Toolkit(s) and/or Transgender Learners Policy approved, used or distributed by your LEA.
2. A copy of the full Equality Impact Assessment undertaken before adopting, using or distributing the above.
3. If no documentation is held in relation to Q2 above, please indicate whether or not an Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken.
4. A copy of any information you hold regarding the process followed to check that the above policies and/or toolkit(s) are compliant with (and do not misrepresent) the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998, safeguarding legislation/Working Together, the Education Act 1996, the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 (regarding single-sex toilet provision) and other relevant legislation, including the outcome of such checks.
5. If no information is held in relation to Q4 above, please indicate whether or not such legal checks took place.
6. A copy of any information you hold regarding checks made to ensure that the content of the documents referred to in Q1 above reflected clinical best practice and current healthcare guidelines.
7. Details of any third sector organisations or external consultants involved in the process of preparing the documents referred to in Q1 above and the nature of their involvement.
Reasonable efforts have been made to find this information on the Local Authority website. Electronic copies or links to the relevant document would be acceptable.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Jones
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received 24th June 2021. If we require any clarification or further details from you in order to deal with your request, we will contact you as soon as possible, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact this team.
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Ms Jones,
Further to your request for the information dated 23rd June 2021, Neath
Port Talbot County Borough Council’s response is as below:-
1. A copy of any Trans Inclusion Toolkit(s) and/or Transgender
Learners Policy approved, used or distributed by your LEA?
NPTCBC Response: NPTCBC does not hold any toolkits/policies in relation
to this question.
2. A copy of the full Equality Impact Assessment undertaken before
adopting, using or distributing the above?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
3. If no documentation is held in relation to Q2 above, please
indicate whether or not an Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
4. A copy of any information you hold regarding the process followed
to check that the above policies and/or toolkit(s) are compliant with (and
do not misrepresent) the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998,
safeguarding legislation/Working Together, the Education Act 1996, the
Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 (regarding single-sex toilet
provision) and other relevant legislation, including the outcome of such
checks?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
5. If no information is held in relation to Q4 above, please indicate
whether or not such legal checks took place?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
6. A copy of any information you hold regarding checks made to ensure
that the content of the documents referred to in Q1 above reflected
clinical best practice and current healthcare guidelines?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
7. Details of any third sector organisations or external consultants
involved in the process of preparing the documents referred to in Q1 above
and the nature of their involvement?
NPTCBC Response: n/a – please see Q1
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Head of Legal & Democratic Services
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Port Talbot
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