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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>We do not centrally collate equalities
impact assessments in the department, but are confident that we are meeting the Duty
in our decision-making processes.</p>
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