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<p>Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (the Duty) all public authorities, including
Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to
certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. While ‘equality
impact assessments’ may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty assessments
to be recorded in a specific format.</p><p>Notwithstanding this, the information requested
is not held centrally in the Department and to provide what might be available would
incur disproportionate cost. The Department promotes awareness of the Duty and relevant
analytical and other tools to help ensure compliance with it.</p>
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