The specific duties for English public authorities are set out in the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 and entered into force on 10 September 2011. They require two things from the public authorities involved: First, according to Section 2 of the Regulations 2011, they are to publish appropriate relevant information showing that they comply with the equality duty. By collecting and using such equality information or even sensitive data, the authorities can make more informed decisions, award targeted subsidies and provide services and thus have a greater impact. It can also make it easier for the public to understand which decisions the obligated authorities have to make.

For the first time, this equality information was meant to be published by 31 January 2012 and at least every year thereafter. Schools and Pupil Referral Units had time to publish this until April 6, 2012. In particular, they have to provide information about those persons who have one of the protected characteristics and are either employed by the public authority or affected by its decisions and activities. Excluded are public authorities with less than 150 employees.

Secondly, under Section 3 of the Regulations 2011, obliged public authorities (including schools and Pupil Referral Units) should set themselves one or more concrete, measurable equality objective which they consider to help them achieve the objectives of the general equality duty. These were meant to be published for the first time by 6 April 2012 and thereafter at least every four years.

The published equality information and objectives should be accessible to the general public and may be published either in a separate document or in an annual report or as part of a business plan.