The Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025: fairer Scotland duty assessment

The Fairer Scotland duty impact assessment summarises potential impacts of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 on socio-economic inequality. It builds on, and should be read alongside with the equality impact assessment


4. Recommendations and conclusions

This Fairer Scotland Duty has identified that overall, the introduction of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance to replace Disability Living Allowance, together with the provisions for safe and secure case transfer, is likely to have a positive impact on reducing inequality and tackling poverty for disabled people in Scotland.

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Email: beth.stanners@gov.scot

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