Is Wiltshire serious or sincere about promoting racial equality?
Evidence from the Annual Equality and Diversity Report 2006/07 indicated a significant drop in short listed disabled applicants and the success rate of appointed disabled applicants.This may be due to the old manual process of collecting data from application forms which will now be much more reliable with the erecruitment system which requires equalities data to be completed in order to populate the application form. Action has been identified in a further update to the Staffing Policy Committee in January 2008 including further promotion of the commitments under the Double Tick symbol, further promotion of the Staff Disability Forum, better awareness of Access to Work and the range of disabilities that can now be considered under the DDA. The comments made from staff, such as alternative format for forms readily available and the consistent application of the DDA guidelines have been noted and further action is being taken to ensure that these are corrected. The Gender Equality Schem
