IDeA have commissioned a new report on measuring equality at a local level to help authorities gather equality data. Measuring equality at a local level - the full report (PDF, 63 pages, 599KB): http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/8850673 The new comprehensive area agreements (CAA) will specifically test outcomes of ‘how well inequality is being addressed’. To tackle these issues, councils will need to demonstrate they know their communities. They will need to understand both their local community profiles and key ‘equality gaps’ often experienced by different communities. Councils will therefore need to understand national equality data and where this can be supplemented by local data sources. Accessing and analysing this information will be crucial to delivery on a number of key national indicators. The report clarifies the need for high quality equality information across the sector. It informs local partners of the availability of equality information in a wide range of data sources at a national and local level.

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22 September 2008
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