This resource is from the Committees section. This section contains information about the Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board, with meeting agendas, reports and minutes.

Sections available here:

• Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board
  • Meeting agendas, reports and minutes
  • Terms of reference

Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board

• List of members
  Members of the Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board.
• Reports list
  For a complete titles list of all reports presented to the Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board.
• Future committee meeting dates
  Advanced notice of all committee meetings.
• Domestic Violence Board
  Is a sub-group of EODB and works on its behalf to lead on the effective monitoring, scrutiny and support of the MPS in its response to domestic violence.

Meeting agendas, reports and minutes

• 25 September 2008
• 5 June 2008
• 3 April 2008
• 7 February 2008

Archive of previous years' meetings

• Archive of previous years' meeting agendas, reports and minutes

Committee history

In the restructure of the committees in July 2002 the Consultation Diversity and Outreach Committee was split into the Consultation Committee and the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board.

Terms of reference

1. To lead on all issues relating to equal opportunities and diversity within the MPA and the MPS. This includes:

2. To ensure that the MPA meets its statutory responsibilities under all relevant anti-discrimination legislation; and to monitor the MPS’s response to this legislation.

3. To monitor the implementation of the MPA’s race equality action plan.

4. To approve the MPA’s annual equal opportunities and diversity work programme.

5. To consider and advise on the equalities and diversity implications of major policy proposals and initiatives.

6. To keep under review the Authority’s equal opportunities statement and strategies which put this statement into practice.

7. To review and interrogate MPS performance data on diversity issues, including trends and performance against policing plan objectives, particularly with regard to:

• stop and search data
• hate crimes (race, homophobic, rape, domestic violence, child abuse)
• street crimes (diversity issues)
• possession of knives/weapons (diversity issues)
• CRR training
• other areas of performance which have a specific impact on diversity issues

8. To propose the development of performance indicators and target setting in areas of diversity issues.

9. To consider areas of diversity where new or improved performance monitoring is required.

10. To co-ordinate action on issues arising from the Lawrence Report.

11. To advise other MPA committees on equalities and diversity issues of relevance to their responsibilities.

12. To propose to the Co-ordination & Policing Committee at least one review of the MPS diversity strategy or other relevant issues annually, depending on the staffing resources available. These reviews could range from a formal scrutiny to one or more themed meeting on a particular subject.

13. To monitor and review the MPA and MPS annual diversity budgets to ensure efficiency of spend against performance and to respond to the budget requirements of the Mayor’s Office.

The following pages on the MPA website are relevant:

• List of members
  Members of the Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board.
• Reports list
  For a complete titles list of all reports presented to the Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board.
• Future committee meeting dates
  Advanced notice of all committee meetings.
• Archive of previous years' meetings
  Contains information about previous years Equal Opportunities & Diversity Board meeting agendas, reports and minutes.
• Information on the rights of members of the public to attend meetings
• Map of MPA location
• MPA Equality impact assessments
• Domestic Violence Board
  Is a sub-group of EODB and works on its behalf to lead on the effective monitoring, scrutiny and support of the MPS in its response to domestic violence.