5. List detailed data and/or community feedback that informed your EqIA
Data and feedback
| Source and type of data | Gaps in data | Actions to fill these gaps: who else do you need to engage with |
|---|---|---|
| Direct engagement with education establishments and young people (2 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and a college). | Limited to the geographical areas/catchments of the schools and students who participated. |
We would like to follow up engagement with the schools to seek further input into the process. Also identify opportunities to engage with students from other geographical areas/catchments. |
| Young people (SEND Ambassadors). | Limited to young people who opt to attend, and those who were able to be present at the meeting | On-going engagement with SEND Ambassadors, asking them to discuss with their peer group and encourage responses to future public engagement. |
| Public consultation to gauge views on transport in East Sussex, including targeted consultation to key groups of all protected characteristics. | Some of the targeted groups did not respond or had a low response rate to the consultation. |
Further work has been undertaken to identify how we can best engage with these groups who are ‘seldom heard’. At presentations we have sought input from external partners on how we could better engage with targeted groups that have not responded to the initial consultation. To apply this feedback to future consultations, and on-going monitoring of ‘about you’ equality information during the consultation to enable targeted engagement as appropriate. |
| Directly contact protected characteristic groups asking whether they would like us to arrange face to face briefings and discussions over LTP4. | Limited responses and take up of our offer. | Trying to identify other ways to get representation / input from these protected characteristic groups – engage with Equalities Manager and other Council Teams to identify most appropriate way to engage |
| Online platform results – informed comprehensive set of stakeholders to inform them of the platform and responses were made as to the issues and opportunities in respect of transport in East Sussex | Some of the targeted groups did not respond to the consultation / online platform. Less representation from people who do not identify as having a white background. | Identify other ways to engage with these groups as LTP4 moves into the Delivery phase. |
| Upcoming Stage 2 (draft strategy) engagement. | Not applicable (pre-consultation). | We regularly reviewed the “about you” information on completed consultation feedback to identify where users are under-represented as a proportion of all responses and considered targeted action to encourage these groups to respond. targeted action options included adverts or engagement with groups to gather their views to feed into the consultation feedback process. |