Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024: equality impact assessment
This equality impact assessment (EQIA) considers the potential effects of changes to Funeral Support Payment and how these impact on people with one or more protected characteristic.
Footnotes
1 Scottish Government (2022) Funeral Support Payment: evaluation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
2 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report
3 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
4 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: Fairer Scotland Duty assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
5 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: islands impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
6 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral costs guidance: business and regulatory impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
7 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report
8 age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, race, marriage or civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation and religion and belief
9 Social Security Scotland (2019) Our Charter
10 Social Security Scotland - Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2024
11 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report
12 Scottish Government Funeral Poverty and Funeral Support Payment Reference Group
13 Scottish Government (2022) Funeral Support Payment: evaluation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
14 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
15 Scottish Government (2019) Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019
16 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
18 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
19 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
20 Scottish Government (2021) Gender pay gap action plan: annual report.
21 Scottish Government (2018) Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022
22 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
23 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for June 2021 to March 2023
24 Scottish Government (2023) Analysis of Take-Up Rate Estimates - Take-up rates of Scottish benefits: November 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Contact
Email: funeralpoverty@gov.scot
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