Impact Assessment Form and Action Table
(Expand the boxes as appropriate, please see guidance to assist with completion)
Why are you completing the Impact Assessment?
Proposed New
Policy or Service
Change to Policy or
Service
MTFP or Paper
Service Review or
SCC Change
Programme
X
What are you completing the Impact
Assessment on (which policy, service,
MTFP reference, cluster etc)?
ENV 11.04 Somerset Waste Partnership
Savings accrued from reduced waste volumes
Section 1 – Description of what is being impact assessed
In the next financial year we expect Somerset households to produce less waste than
was produced this year. As there is a cost for collecting and disposing of every tonne of
waste produced a reduction in waste will result in a reduction in costs of between £583k
and £619k. This document assesses any potential impact from that projected saving.
Section 2A – People or communities that are targeted or could be affected (for
Equalities - taking particular note of the Protected Characteristic listed in action table)
Somerset Waste Board; Somerset Waste Partnership; May Gurney CIC; Viridor PLC
Section 2B – People that the policy or service is delivered by
Somerset Waste Partnership; May Gurney CIC; Viridor PLC
Section 3 – Evidence and data used for the assessment (Attach documents where
appropriate)
Draft Budget Commentary report for Somerset Waste Board 16/12/2011; Waste
tonnage data 2011/2012
Section 4 – Conclusions drawn about the impact of the proposed change or new
service/policy (Please use prompt sheet for help with what to consider):
Key issues to be fed into relevant Action Table
Equality
No identified impact
Health and Safety
No identified impact
Sustainability
No identified impact
Community Safety
No identified impact
Privacy
No privacy impacts identified to date.
Business Risk
Status: Green. The assumption is that waste reduction trends will continue into the next
financial year. The continuing economic uncertainty and increasing efforts by
producers and retailers to reduce excess packaging means this is a highly likely
outcome. However there is a small risk that waste arisings will be above projections
and therefore cost savings will not be met. Likelihood: 2 Slight Impact: 2 Minor
(Total 4)
Section 5 – After consideration please state your final recommendations based on the
findings from the impact assessment. Also include any examples of good practice and
positive steps taken.
We can be confident that waste reduction trends will continue and that accepting this as
a budget reduction will have no impact on Somerset’s residential population.
Section 6 – How will the assessment, consultation and outcomes be published and
communicated? E.g. reflected in final strategy, published.
SCC Website.
Completed by:
Mark Blaker
Date
22/12/2011
Signed off by:
Steve Read
Date
22/12/2011
Compliance sign off
Tony Johnson – Corporate Performance
Manager
Date
16th January 2012
To be reviewed by: (officer name)
Review date:
Equality Impact Assessment Issues and Action Table
Deliverable/ Scenario
Identified issue drawn
from your
conclusions
Date
Actions needed –
how will you mitigate
the issues?
Who is responsible
for the actions?
When will the action
be completed?
Age
No identified impact.
Disability
No identified impact.
Gender Reassignment
No identified impact.
Marriage and Civil Partnership
No identified impact.
Pregnancy and Maternity
No identified impact.
Race (including ethnicity or national origin, colour, nationality and Gypsies and Travellers)
No identified impact.
Religion and Belief
No identified impact.
Sex
No identified impact.
Sexual Orientation
No identified impact.
Other (including caring responsibilities, rurality, low income, etc)
No identified impact.
How will it be
monitored?
What is the expected
outcome from the
action?
Health and Safety, Sustainability, Community Safety Impact Assessment Issues and Action Table
Service
Areas of increased
risk drawn from
your conclusions
Date
Action needed to
mitigate the
risks/achieve
compliance
Who is responsible
for the actions?
When will the action How will it be
be completed?
monitored?
Health and Safety Issues and Action Table
No identified
impact.
Sustainability Issues and Action Table
No identified
impact.
Community Safety Issues and Action Table
No identified
impact.
Business Risk Issues and Action Table
Minimal risk of
reduction trends not
continuing as
forecast.
Privacy Issues and Action Table
No identified
impact.
What is the
expected outcome
from the action?