Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024: business and regulatory impact assessment

This business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) considers the impact of changes to Funeral Support Payment on businesses, including the third sector.


Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report

2 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: Fairer Scotland Duty assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral Expense Assistance: islands impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5 Scottish Government (2019) Funeral costs guidance: business and regulatory impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Social Security Scotland (2024) Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2024

7 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report

8 Scottish Government (2022) Funeral Support Payment: evaluation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report

10 Scottish Government National Performance Framework

11 Scottish Government Funeral Poverty and Funeral Support Payment Reference Group

12 NAFD Funeral Director Monthly

13 Gov.uk Social Security (Scotland) 2018 Act

14 Scottish Government (2024) Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report

15 Scottish Fiscal Commission (2023) https://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecasts-december-2023/

16 Gov.uk Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council

17 Scottish Government Funeral Poverty and Funeral Support Payment Reference Group

18 Scottish Government (2019) Social Security Scotland: Our Charter

19 Scottish Government policies/social-security/funeral-expense-assistance/

20 Gov.uk The Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019

21 Gov.uk Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

22 Gov.uk Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

23 Scottish Government (2019) Social Security Scotland: Our Charter

24 Scottish Government (2021) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021

Contact

Email: funeralpoverty@gov.scot

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