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Publication - Impact assessment

Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill: Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessment

Published
11 May 2020
Directorate
Constitution Directorate, +5 more … Justice Directorate, Learning Directorate, Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government), Parliamentary Counsel Office, Social Security Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Business, industry and innovation, Constitution and democracy, +6 more … Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, Health and social care, Housing, Money and tax, Public safety and emergencies, Public sector
ISBN
9781839607431

Results of the interim FSD assessment process which considered the urgent measures contained in the Coronavirus (Scotland)(No. 2) Bill.

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Footnotes

1. Child Poverty Action Group (2020) Students and Universal Credit - February 2019 briefing
https://cpag.org.uk/scotland/policy-campaigns/briefing/students-and-universal-credit

2. Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's Carers
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-carers/pages/4/ ;

3. Carers UK (2014) State of Caring 2014
http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/policy-library/state-of-caring-2014

4. Carers UK (2020) Caring behind closed doors
http://www.carersuk.org/images/News_and_campaigns/Behind_Closed_Doors_2020/Caring_behind_closed_doors_April20_pages_web_final.pdf

5. Scottish Government (2019) Scottish household survey 2018: key findings
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-key-findings-2018/pages/9/

6. Scottish Government(2019) Social tenants in Scotland
https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-tenants-scotland-2017/pages/2/

7. New Policy Institute (2016) Informal Carers, Poverty and Work

8. Scottish Government (2019) Scottish Health Survey 2018 Volume 1 - Main Report

9. Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance at May 2019, Social Security Scotland

10. Sources: CAS Business Case 2018; Close the Gap (2020) Working Paper 21: Gender Pay Gap Statistics; and Engender (2016) Securing women's futures: using Scotland's social security powers to close the gender equality gap

11. Sources: https://views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2020/04/care-poverty-and-coronavirus-across-britain/

12. https://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/policy-library/caring-behind-closed-doors-report

Contact

Email: emma.lopinska@gov.scot

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