Consultation Policy, Procedures and Strategy
Introduction
Consultation undertaken by the Council should be of a
consistently high quality and meet various legal and professional
standards, including:
- The Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act
- Human Rights Legislation
- Disability Discrimination and Sex Discrimination Act
- Market Research Society Code of Practice
The Council has also developed its own policy and corporate
standards.
Strategy and Best Practice
The Council has a corporate Consultation & Market Research
Strategy that was formalised by Full Council in December
2005. The strategy was required in order to help to tie
together the various different consultations that are undertaken by
different Council departments at different times.
In addition to the corporate strategy, some individual parts of
the Council have their own consultation and research strategies
that detail the consultations that they are due to undertake and
appropriate methods and stakeholder groups. Some individual
parts of the Council also have their own best practice guidelines
that are determined by central government departments and will take
precedence over Council policy; these include Social Services
(Research Governance Framework- department of Health) and the
Planning Authority’s Statement of Community Involvement.
