Crossrail Equality Impact Assessment : Public Consultation Comments & Crossrail’s Response, January 2008

This report was published on 24 January 2008 and includes the public consultation comment received between 21 December 2005 and 18 April 2006 (14 weeks) on the original EqIA, and presents the project’s response. AP EqIA and AP4 EqIA were subject to a twelve week consultation period. No comments were received for either of the AP EqIAs. The document is available here as a download (right).

This document forms part of the Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) that the DfT, TfL and CLRL are working together to complete. It is a consolidated equality assessment building on the good practice from within these organisations.

In developing, agreeing and publishing this report, the DfT is acting in compliance with its statutory requirements and meeting appropriate levels of assessment for this stage of the project – the assessment, consideration and re-consideration will develop as the project progresses. The DfT is committed to working closely with TfL and CLRL to deliver a railway fit for the purpose of serving the needs of the whole community.

An Amendment of Provisions 4 Equality Impact Assessment (AP4 EqIA) has been published on 1 August, 2007. It is available here as a download.

It provides an assessment of the Equality Impacts arising from the proposals to which AP4 relates. It considers the impacts arising from AP4.

Specifically the AP4 EqIA describes the permanent and temporary impacts either created or eliminated by the AP on a location basis and considers the priority group likely to be affected.

The traffic & transport impacts have also been assessed.

Consultation on this document runs until Friday 2 November 2007. Please contact the project with your comments or requests as follows:

Helpdesk 0845 602 3813 (24-hours, 7-Days a week), Facsimile 020 7126 1703, Email helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk, Cross London Rail Links Ltd, FREEPOST
NAT6945 London SW1H 0BR.


The Crossrail Race Equality Impact Assessment reports on the work undertaken by Cross London Rail Links Ltd (CLRL)., DfT and TfL to take account of the potential race equality impacts of Crossrail.

It also outlines the approach that will be adopted through detailed engineering design and construction.

The reports were published on 22 February 2005.

The link to these documents on the DfT website here and then click on 'Race Equality Impact Assessment (PDF 859 Kb).


An Amendment of Provisions Equality Impact Assessment (AP EqIA) was published on 12 February, 2007. It is available here as a download.

It provides an assessment of the Equality Impacts arising from the revised proposals to which the APs relate. It considers the impacts arising from AP2 and AP3 - the impacts from AP1 were taken into consideration in the original EqIA.

It is available here as a download.

Specifically the AP EqIA describes the permanent and temporary impacts either created or eliminated by the APs on a location basis and considers the priority group likely to be affected.

It has also taken into account issues raised by petitioners and the Promoter's response to them.

The traffic & transport impacts have also been assessed.

Consultation on this document runs until Monday May 7, 2007.

Please contact the project with your comments or requests as follows:

Helpdesk 0845 602 3813 (24-hours, 7-Days a week), Facsimile 020 7126 1703, Email helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk, Cross London Rail Links Ltd, FREEPOST
NAT6945 London SW1H 0BR.

Crossrail published a Summary of Cross London Rail Links Limited’s Disability Impact Assessment, December 2006.

This document outlines CLRL's response to the introduction of the new Disability Equality Duty which came into effect in December 2006 and can be found as a download (right).


The Crossrail Equality Impact Assessment, published on this website on 21 December, 2005, is available here as a download and was published in hard copy format on January 20, 2006.

A 12-week consultation period was held following its publication, ending on April 14, 2006.

The consultation was produced in accordance with the principles of the Government’s Code of Practice on Consultation.

The code of practice sets out the following criteria:

1. Consult widely throughout the process, allowing a minimum of 12 weeks for written consultation at least once during the development of the policy.
2. Be clear about what your proposals are, who may be affected, what questions are being asked and the time-scale for responses.
3. Ensure that your consultation is clear, concise and widely accessible.
4. Give feedback regarding the responses received and how the consultation process influenced the policy.
5. Monitor your Department's effectiveness at consultation, including through the use of a designated consultation co-ordinator.
6. Ensure your consultation follows better regulation best practice, including carrying out a Regulatory Impact Assessment if appropriate.

A full version of the code of practice is available on the Cabinet Office web-site at:

http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/regulation/consultation/code.asp

Crossrail's Inclusivity Policy aims to make the benefits of a modern transport system accessible to all members of the community by providing a fully inclusive operational railway.

Its main policy objectives are to -

• Provide a fully inclusive Crossrail transport system

• Ensure the minimum practicable negative impact on priority equality groups

• Take all decisions that affect the public on the basis of evidence and inclusive consultation with priority groups

• Work to achieve the greatest practicable benefit to groups and communities by working in partnership with other transport providers, developers and local authorities

The programme highlights are -

2007 – 10 ... EqIA Reports on Design & Construction

2010 – 13 ... EqIA Reports on Construction & Commissioning

After opening ... Final Handover Report

This page last edited 25 January 2008