Emergency Budget Review: equality and fairness - evidence summary

Footnotes

1. Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement 2022-23 (9 December 2021) Introduction - Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement 2022-2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Letter to Convener of of Finance and Public Administration Committee from Deputy First Minister: Update on savings 2022-23, (7 September 2022), dfmtoconvener_budgetsavingsupdate_7sept22.pdf (parliament.scot)

3. Scottish Government web pages on Public Sector Pay Public sector pay - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Scottish government: Public sector pay policy 2022 to 2023: equality impact assessment, 9 December 2021:Public sector pay policy 2022 to 2023: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report; Scottish Government 2022

6. Equality evidence: publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)

8. According to 2011 Census Data

9. Scottish Government (2020). Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2016-19 and Additional poverty analysis 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Rate of severe poverty after housing costs was 12% for White British households; rates among all other groups are 18% or higher.

10. Scottish Government (20 August, 2020), Tackling child poverty: second year progress report - annex C - gov.scot (www.gov.scot); Scottish Government (5 April, 2022), Additional child poverty analysis 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Scottish Government (18 February, 2022), Source: Wealth in Scotland

12. Scottish Government (25 March 2021) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

13. Women's Budget Group (5 September, 2022), The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)

14. Women's Aid (1 August, 2022), The cost of living - Women's Aid (womensaid.org.uk)

15. Scottish Government (18 February, 2022), Source: Wealth in Scotland

16. Scottish Government (4 October, 2021), Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17. Scottish Government (7 May 2021) Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18. Scottish Government (2 July, 2021), Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. Scottish household Survey.

20. Scottish Government, (9 March, 2022) Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: Evidence synthesis (www.gov.scot)

21. Based on internal Scottish Government analysis using the number of households in Scotland with monthly Universal Credit awards no higher than the equivalent of £20 per week, and assuming a similar number of households earn £20 per week too much to qualify for Universal Credit. DWP, Stat-Xplore, Households on Universal Credit, May 2022.

22. Scottish Government (1 December 2020) Revised methodology applied to SHCS Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Office for National Statistics (25 October 2022):Impact of increased cost of living on adults across Great Britain - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

24. Scottish Government (24 March 2022): Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25. These estimates are net of the following mitigations: £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payment, £650 Cost of Living payment for those on means-tested benefits, £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment for pensioner households who receive the Winter Fuel Payment, £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment and £150 Council Tax rebate for households in council tax bands A-D or that receive council tax reduction. The estimates do not account for the £100 Alternative Fuel Payments for households who are not on the mains gas grid and therefore use alternative fuels, such as heating oil, to heat their homes.

26. Scottish Parliament (3 October 2022): Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) BillPolicy Memorandum accessible (parliament.scot)

27. Scottish Government (December, 2021), Table 9, fuel-poverty-strategy-analytical-annex.pdf (www.gov.scot)

28. Scottish Government (December, 2021), fuel-poverty-strategy-analytical-annex.pdf (www.gov.scot)

29. Evans and Collard (September, 2022), Facing Barriers (financialfairness.org.uk)

30. According to 2011 Census Data (Office for National Statistics)

31. Scottish Government (3 February, 2022), Gypsy/Traveller accommodation fund and site design guide: fairer Scotland assessment - summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32. Scottish Housing News (4 October 2022) SFHA: Funding demand reinforces the unprecedented scale and nature of the energy crisis | Scottish Housing News

33. Scottish Government (29 September, 2021), The cost of remoteness - reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty: research report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

34. JRF (29 June, 2022), Not heating, eating or meeting bills: managing a cost of living crisis on a low income | JRF

35. JRF (3 October, 2022), Poverty in Scotland 2022 | JRF

36. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (September, 2022), Low_income_renters_priorities_for_change_scotland_synthesis_report_sept_2022.pdf (housingevidence.ac.uk)

37. Age Scotland welcomes rent freeze for older tenants (ageuk.org.uk)

38. JRF (29 June, 2022), Not heating, eating or meeting bills: managing a cost of living crisis on a low income | JRF

39. According to 2011 Census Data

40. JRF (29 June, 2022), Not heating, eating or meeting bills: managing a cost of living crisis on a low income | JRF

41. Scottish Government (2020). Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2016-19 and Additional poverty analysis 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

42. New Economics Foundation (5 May, 2022), Losing the inflation race | New Economics Foundation

43. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (September, 2022), Low_income_renters_priorities_for_change_scotland_synthesis_report_sept_2022.pdf (housingevidence.ac.uk)

44. JRF (3 October, 2022), Poverty in Scotland 2022 | JRF

45. Women's Budget Group (5 September, 2022), The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis - Women's Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)

46. Women's Aid (1 August, 2022), The cost of living - Women's Aid (womensaid.org.uk)

47. New Economics Foundation (5 May, 2022), Losing the inflation race | New Economics Foundation

48. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (September, 2022), Low_income_renters_priorities_for_change_scotland_synthesis_report_sept_2022.pdf (housingevidence.ac.uk)

49. Scotland's population is ageing. Rural and island areas experienced more ageing than cities. The percentage of data zones in which the median age increased over the last decade varied from 55% in Dundee City to 97% in Na h-Eileanan Siar Mid-2021 Small Area Population Estimates, Scotland: Report (nrscotland.gov.uk). Fuel poverty data: Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

50. Scottish Government (1 December 2020): Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings: Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

51. Scottish Social Services Council: Data on the Social Care Workforce: https://www.sssc.uk.com/the-scottish-social-services-council/workforce-data/

52. A wide range of sources of information including Scottish Government (29 September 2020) The Scottish Health Survey: 2019 edition - volume 1 - main report (www.gov.scot),

53. Scottish Government (16 April 2019) Social tenants in Scotland 2017: SG Social Tenants in Scotland 2017 statistics

54. Announced by Deputy First Minister to Scottish Parliament on 7 September, 2022 Public sector pay and emergency budget review: Ministerial statement - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

55. Scottish Government (2 September 2019) Employment support programme: equality impact assessment (Employment support programme: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)