Screening questions within policy documents

The screening questions below must be placed in every relevant document. In policy and procedure documents for example, it will be placed at the end just before the Document Control section.

For EIAs, this is to ensure that no policy is published without one. For the Data Protection Impact Assessment, this is an initial short screening form to decide whether or not a full DPIA is required.

Equality and Data Protection Impact Assessments

For every HRA policy (defined by the Equality and Human Rights Commission as a function, strategy, procedure, practice, project or decision), please ensure the following assessments have been completed:

Equality assessment screening question

Has an Initial Equality Impact Assessment been carried out?

Answer: Yes

Data Protection assessment screening question

Has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out?

Answer: Yes

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