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ANTI-POVERTY AND INEQUALITY COMMITTEE
PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To monitor and determine the
Council’s contribution to alleviating and mitigating all
forms of poverty and inequality in the city.
The Committee will develop an
Anti-Poverty Strategy.
REMIT
OF COMMITTEE
1.
The Committee will, in respect of poverty and
inequality issues in the city:
1.1
Consider the impact of poverty on the city as a
whole and targeted population levels, including on key groups such
as children, minority ethnic communities and those of pensionable
age who are known to be particularly disadvantaged by
poverty;
1.2
Consider the evidence from Citizens’
Assemblies on poverty and inequality matters;
1.3
Seek the views and involvement of those experiencing
poverty and inequality and those with knowledge or expertise in
relation to these issues;
1.4
Consider the effect of In-work Poverty and the
Living Wage, including by receiving reports on Living Wage
accreditation rates;
1.5
Consider evidence of “what’s
worked” in combating poverty and inequality;
1.6
Consider the impact of ongoing Welfare Reform
measures, including by receiving reports on benefit access and
uptake;
1.7
Consider the impact of poverty on Employability and
Youth Employment, including by receiving reports on employment
rates and positive destinations;
1.8
Consider the impact of Food Insecurity and Fuel
Poverty, including by receiving reports on community food provision
and energy cost impacts;
1.9
Consider the impact of stigma and discrimination on
those experiencing poverty;
1.10
Consider the impact of poverty on the health and
wellbeing of those experiencing it;
1.11
Monitor the progress of research relevant to poverty
and inequality, including in relation to health
determinants;
1.12
Consider matters relating to the provision of Credit
Unions, fair and affordable banking and advice services;
1.13
Examine the nature of institutional and systemic
discrimination in Aberdeen, and consider the steps required to
eradicate such discrimination;
1.14
Monitor the performance of Council-funded community
programmes and projects which seek to address poverty and
inequality.
2.
THE COMMITTEE WILL:
2.1
approve for publication Local Child Poverty Action
Reports in terms of Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 and Child
Poverty Action Plans.
2.2
approve for publication the
Council’s
i.
reports on its progress on mainstreaming the
equality duty,
ii.
sets of equality outcomes, and
iii.
reports on the progress made to achieve the equality
outcomes,
all
in terms of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland)
Regulations 2012.
2.3
monitor the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Council and the Department for Work and Pensions through receipt of
an annual report.
1.1
In undertaking the aspects at 1 and 2, the Committee
will ensure that it is acting within the budget set by Council and
is supporting the delivery of the Council’s agreed outcomes,
commissioning intentions and service standards.
1.2
The Committee may make recommendations to the
appropriate Committee(s) or Sub-Committee(s) on matters affecting
its own remit where the authority to approve sits within the remit
of that other body (or those other bodies). In particular, the
Committee may call for reports on policy or strategy decisions
taken by other Committees or Sub-Committees which appear likely to
have a significant impact on poverty or equality issues and may
make recommendations to those bodies in relation to such
decisions.
EXTERNAL ADVISERS
Emphasising the close links
with Community Planning Aberdeen’s Anti-Poverty Group, the
Committee will appoint advisers who are not members of the Council.
These external advisers will be appointed by the Committee as
follows:-
·
1 resident of Aberdeen with lived experience of
poverty;
·
Up to 2 people representing the charitable sector in
Aberdeen;
·
1 person representing higher and further education
in Aberdeen;
·
1 person representing key interest groups in
Aberdeen (that maybe appointed for a defined period of time);
and
·
1 public health professional/practitioner who works
in Aberdeen.
EXECUTIVE LEAD: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE
SERVICES
Please refer also, as applicable and appropriate, to the
“General Delegations to Committees” and the
“Exclusions from Delegations to Committees”.
