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<p>It has never been a legal requirement in England to produce an equality impact
assessment (EIA). The public sector equality duty and its supporting regulations require
public bodies to have due regard to equality considerations when shaping policy and
services, but it is up to individual public bodies to decide the best way to record
how they have taken equality into account. The independent Steering Group which conducted
a review of the PSED and reported in 2013 reported that some public bodies found EIAs
helpful and that when carried out well they could highlight examples of good practice.</p>
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