Benefits

The benefits accruing from carrying out impact assessments and consultations include:

• Encouraging authorities to anticipate problems and make informed decisions.
• Making sure that policies are properly targeted.
• Improving the authority's ability to deliver suitable and accessible services that meet varied needs.
• Encouraging greater openness about policy making.
• Increasing confidence in public services especially amongst ethnic minority communities.
• Helping to develop good practice.
• Helping to avoid claims of unlawful racial discrimination.