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Equality Impact Assessment EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT Directorate: Neighbourhood Officer responsible for the Narinder Harvey Services assessment: Section: Public Date of Assessment: 16-03-2011 Lead manager responsible Iain Larkin Conveniences for the assessment: Name of the Closure of Public Date of completion: 14-04-2011 Date passed to OI&SI team: 14-04-2011 policy/service/function Conveniences to be assessed: Date published: Page 1 SCREENING TEMPLATE Relevance -this EIA is being undertaken because it is: outlined within Manchester City Council’s statutory equality schemes is relevant to the general duties for race, disability and gender part of a project proposal / service change a result of organisation change other – please specify: A screening assessment was used Please tick if applicable If a screening was carried out please complete the following: A screening has identified the policy as having relevance to the following equality groups (please tick below): Age Disability Race Gender Sexual Orientation Religion or Belief Transgender Date of screening: Page 2 COMPLETE EIA TEMPLATE Section 1- About your service / policy / function 1. Briefly describe the key delivery Trading Services provides and maintains public conveniences across the city. There are 6 objectives of the policy/service/function facilities currently open and operating in local neighbourhoods and 5 autoloos, 4 of which being assessed are in the city centre. The Service carries out a daily clean and repair of facilities. There are a further 7 public conveniences that are closed, however, utilities such as water, electricity and sewage treatment remain connected. The proposal is to close the remaining sites (except those at Mount Street) and disconnect all facilities at all closed sites. There are also a number of temporary urinals which will be withdrawn from Service. These temporary urinals are currently placed in Piccadilly Gardens from Friday afternoon to early Monday morning each weekend. The key delivery objective is to provide people with accessible, safe and clean WC facilities. Over the years a number of facilities were either temporarily or permanently closed at the request of GMP due to the illegal activity taking place such as drug-taking/peddling, cottaging, prostitution and vagrancy. There is no legal requirement to provide public conveniences and the Service is able to close facilities without notice if they are considered unsafe for the public to use. In setting the Council budget for 2011-2012 the Council has had to face difficult decisions about spending priorities and reduction in Services. Its strategy in doing so was to focus on targeting funding where it will make the most difference to residents, particularly the vulnerable, and promoting economic growth to stimulate investment and jobs and make sure Manchester people are well-placed to benefit. A number of services were proposed for closure. This included the permanent closure of public conveniences with the exception of the Mount Street facility. The 5 affected autoloos are operated by JC Decaux. These are located at: 1. John Dalton Street, Deansgate, City Centre 2. Kingsway, Parrs Wood 3. Parsonage St, City Centre Page 3 4. Stevenson Square, City Centre 5. Tib Street, City Centre 7 public conveniences are currently closed: 1. Castlefield pod facility - temporarily closed. It is opposite the Museum of Science of Industry which has better quality accessible public conveniences and is part of the Cityloos Community Toilets Scheme. 2. Longsight Social Services, Stockport Road - closed due to the site being redeveloped. A sign is in place redirecting people to Longsight Market which has better quality provision. 3. Manchester Road, Chorlton - closed due to extensive vandalism. 4. Mill Lane, Northenden - temporarily closed due to the high level of illegal activity that was taking place. 5. Mount Rd, Gorton - permanently closed due to the high volume of illegal activity that was taking place. 6. Platt Lane, Fallowfield – Male facility closed at Police request. 7. Ogden Lane, Higher Openshawe - closed due to extensive vandalism. 6 Public Conveniences that are open and located in local neighbourhoods: 1. Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury 2. Burton Road, Withington – NB: Although currently open, it has had a number of temporary closures in the past due to the high level of illegal activity that was taking place. 3. Chorlton Bus Station 4. Holyhead Road, Benchill 5. Humphrey St, Cheetham Hill 6. Wythenshawe Bus Station Page 4 We have identified alternative provision for all but 2 of the public conveniences. Identified alternative provision is of a higher quality and located in secure and safe environments. The 2 facilities for which no alternative provision has been identified, are located in Humphrey St. Cheetham Hill and Ogden Lane, Higher Openshawe. In these locations the landscape has significantly changed and there is no longer the flow of people into the area. Current Provision Alternative Provision 4 city centre autoloos Cityloos Community Toilet Scheme - The Service has worked with Cityco Town Centre Management and city centre businesses to implement the Scheme in the city centre. It has been operational since July 2010. The Scheme encourages retailers and venues to allow visitors to use their facilities whether they are a customer or not. The facilities are located in clean and safe buildings and are of a good quality. Further details of the Cityloos Scheme can be found on the Manchester City Council website and/or CityCo’s website [cityco.com] Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury Didsbury Library Burton Road, Withington Withington Library Withington Adult Learning Centre Castlefield (pod facility) Museum of Science of Industry – Members of the Cityloos Scheme Chorlton Bus Station Discussions ongoing for GMPTE to take over management of the facilities Holyhead Road, Benchill Wythenshawe Forum Kingsway, Didsbury autoloo Fletcher Moss Park Didsbury Library Longsight Social Services Longsight Library Longsight Market Manchester Road, Chorlton Chorlton Library (pod facility) Page 5 Mill Lane, Northenden Northenden Library Mount Rd, Gorton Gorton Library Gorton Market Platt Lane, Fallowfield Fallowfield Library Wythenshawe Bus Station Discussions ongoing for GMPTE to take over management of the facilities Appendix 1 lists fuller details of the alternative facilities including the number of cubicles for males/females, number of baby changing facilities and accessible toilets. 2. What are the desired outcomes from The Department for Communities and Local Government in Improving Public Access to this policy/service/function? Better Quality Toilets: A Strategic Guide1, encourages local authorities to explore the potential for Community Toilet Schemes. The Service continues to work with public sector partners and businesses to ensure safe, clean, good quality and accessible WC facilities are available for the general public to use. The current identified alternative provision is located in facilities that are staffed and also used by communities. This is likely to discourage illegal and unsafe activity taking place. Closure of the Public Conveniences will achieve a saving of £316,000 per annum. In doing so it will allow the Council to focus on targeting funding where it will make the most difference to residents, particularly the vulnerable, and promoting economic growth to stimulate investment and jobs and make sure Manchester people are well-placed to benefit. 1 “Improving Public Access to Better Quality Toilets: A Strategic Guide”, Communities and Local Government (www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/publicacesstoilets) Page 6 Section 2 – Understanding your customer 3. Do you currently monitor the Equality Y/N If no, please explain why this is the case and / or note action to prioritise service/policy/function by the adjacent group the gathering of this equality data in your action plan equality groups? Race N Due to the nature of the Service it has been difficult to quantify usage and Gender N to gather a breakdown of public convenience users by equality groups. Disability N Sexuality N A charge for the autoloos is made and the units are equipped with Age N technology that provides usage data. There is data for the number of Religion N radar keys that have been used to access the autoloos. Less than 1% of & Belief users access the autoloos using a radar key. This would suggest that there would be very little if any detrimental impact to disabled users who use the autoloos. The operation of the Cityloos Scheme provides safe accessible and better quality alternative facilities which would help to negate any negative impact there might be for individuals. The analysed data shows that, based on the level of usage, the cost to the Council is over £31 each time the autoloo facility is used. The autoloos located in the City Centre have a far greater footfall in the surrounding area than the public conveniences in the local areas but they are underused. 4. Who has been consulted as part of Residents and visitors to Manchester responded to the budget proposal consultation this EIA? What were the findings? specifically about the proposed closure of public conveniences. 7 responses were received. One respondent supported the proposal to close the public conveniences. 3 respondents raised concerns about public hygiene standards in the absence of public toilet provision. One visitor was concerned about finding toilet facilities in the city centre at short notice due to her husband’s prostate problems. Another visitor was
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