Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024: Fairer Scotland duty assessment summary
Assesses the impact of changes to Funeral Support Payment on socio-economic inequality. This duty came into force in Scotland in 2018 and is set out in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. It considers issues such as low income, low wealth and area deprivation.
Footnotes
1 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report
2 Scottish Government (2022) Funeral Support Payment: evaluation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report
9 Social Security Scotland (2024) - Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2024
10 Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023
11 Scottish Government (2021) Supporting documents - Gender pay gap action plan: annual report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
12 Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot) Figures 27 and 29
13 Scottish Government Funeral Poverty and Funeral Support Payment Reference Group
14 Scottish Government (2022) Funeral Support Payment: evaluation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Contact
Email: funeralpoverty@gov.scot
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