Pension Age Winter Heating Payment: Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment (FSD)

The Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD) assessment carried out in relation to the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024


Footnotes

1 Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

2 Low Income Winter Heating Assistance Consultation: Scottish Government Response

3 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - Scottish Government Consultation

4 Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

5 Social Security experience panels: cold spell and winter fuel payment – 2020 report

6 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment Consultation

7 Social Security Experience (www.gov.scot)

8 Scottish House Condition Survey: Key Findings 2022 - 4 Fuel Poverty - Scottish house condition survey: 2022 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 (4) Energy Perceptions - Scottish House Condition Survey: 2022 Key Findings

10 Not enough to live on : Pensioner poverty in Scotland

11 Not enough to live on : Pensioner poverty in Scotland

12 Projected Population of Scotland (2020-based) | National Records of Scotland

13 Living longer - Office for National Statistics

14 (6) Impacts on individuals - Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

15 Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

16 (5) Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

17 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23

18 Living longer - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

19 Page 20 Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland: A Strategic Approach (www.gov.scot)

20 Credit where it’s due: A briefing on low uptake of Pension Credit

21 Analysis of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) Consultation Responses (www.gov.scot)

22 Social Security Experience (www.gov.scot)

23 Scottish House Condition Survey: 2022 Key Findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

24 Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA): consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25 Winter Fuel Payments for “off-gas grid” households - House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)

26 Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland - A Strategic Approach

Contact

Email: winterbenefitspolicy@gov.scot

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