Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Business and Environmental Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
The report be noted and have regard to the
Equalities Impact Assessment at Appendix 2;
Authorise the Assistant Director for Transport Waste and
Countryside Service to advise the individual raising concerns
regarding the outcome of the review of the scope for extending
discretionary concessions;
To authorise the update of published NYCC guidance to provide more
details where we do not have scope to issue passes and make it
clearer how we undertake our public sector equalities duties when
considering applications.
The Council is able to make use of powers to
introduce additional “discretionary” concessions, but
this does not extend to a new category of disabled person or using
criteria which would not fit with the current definitions of a
disabled person. Any eligibility criteria has to relate to the
existing categories of disabled person set out in the Transport Act
2000.
None.
Publication date: 12/03/2021
Date of decision: 09/03/2021