Disclosure Log
Freedom of Information request - Compliance with the Equality Act 2010 (FOI/5904)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 24 June 2025
Dear ***** *****,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5904
Thank you for your request for information relating to Freedom of Information request - Compliance with the Equality Act 2010.
We are now able to provide the following information:
1. Previous or Current Service Delivery: Please provide copies of any policies, guidelines, internal memos or external communications that set out the Councils approach to allowing males who identify as women (either with or without a GRC) to use spaces or services designated as for women. These services can either be commissioned or provided directly by the Council.
No recorded information available
2. Policies: Provide a list of all policies and practices that are under review to ensure they align with the Supreme Courts clarification of the Equality Act 2010 following the For Women Scotland ruling. If no policies are currently under review has there been a decision about when this work will be undertaken
There are currently no policies under review, we are waiting for further guidance from the LGA.
3. Equality Impact Assessments: Provide a list and copies of all Equality Impact Assessments that are under review to ensure they are in line with the Equality Act 2010, particularly regarding policies that affect women and sex-based rights.
Please find link here to all Equality Impact Assessments - Completed Equality Impact Assessments (EqiAs) | Nottinghamshire County Council
All policy decisions are considered by legal and democratic services to ensure they fully comply with the law.
We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/5904 and we will be happy to review your request
For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or Yours sincerely
Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council
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