Best Start Grant: equality impact assessment
Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) considers potential effects of Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and how it impacts on people with one or more protected characteristics.
Footnotes
1. The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/contents/enacted
2. Section 32 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/section/32/enacted
3. Schedule 6 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/schedule/6/enacted
4. A Nation with Ambition, The Government's Programme for Scotland 2017-18 https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00524214.pdf
5. Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan /publications/child-chance-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2018-22/pages/1/
6. Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/contents/enacted
7. A New Future for Social Security Consultation https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/social-security-in-scotland/
8. Analysis of Social Security Consultation https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00514351.pdf
9. Best Start Grant Reference Group /groups/best-start-grant-reference-group/
10. Early Years Assistance ( BSG) Illustrative Regulations and policy narrative /publications/early-years-assistance-best-start-grant-illustrative-regulations-policy-narrative
11. Early Years Assistance, Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations
12. BSG – Visual Summary of Research Findings /publications/best-start-grant-visual-summary-research-findings/0
13. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable
14. Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People Strategy https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/03/5858
15. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable
16. A New Future for Social Security Consultation /publications/new-future-social-security-consultation-social-security-scotland
17. Digital First Service Standards https://resources.mygov.scot/standards/digital-first/
18. Early Years Assistance – Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations
19. The impact of austerity on black and minority ethnic women in the UK https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/PressReleases/Correct%20WBG%20report%20for%20Microsite.pdf
20. Comparing larger and smaller families in the UK https://populationmatters.org/documents/family_sizes.pdf
21. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable
22. Early Years Assistance – Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations
23. The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/contents/enacted
Contact
Email: Alison Melville alison.melville@gov.scot
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