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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’ (EIAs) may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty
assessments to be recorded in a specific format.</p><p>The Government Legal Department
(GLD) is the Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) HR shared service provider and is therefore
responsible for EIAs at the AGO. In the last five years, GLD has completed four EIAs
when making substantive changes to HR policies and procedures (two EIAs in 2021 and
two in 2023).</p><p>The AGO has completed no EIAs relating to policy changes. This
aligns with its role as a department that does not hold policy in its own right.</p>
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