Publication - Impact assessment

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)

Published: 26 September 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Energy
ISBN: 9781836018377

The Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA) carried out in relation to the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

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Footnotes

1 Islands (Scotland) Act 2018

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

3 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - Scottish Government Consultation

4 Social Security Experience Panels: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment

5 Summary of Strategic Objectives - National Islands Plan: annual report 2023

6 Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015

7 The Scottish Islands - The Bestselling Guide to Every Scottish Island by Hamish Haswell-Smith – Canongate Books

8 Remotely Excluded: Barriers facing Scotland's rural consumers

9 Chapter 3 Challenges - Rural Scotland Data Dashboard: Overview

10 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23

11 "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

12 Housing to 2040

13 The Cost of Remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty (www.gov.scot)

14 National Islands Plan: annual report 2023

15 Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

16 Cost of Living - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17 Cost of Living - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18 Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

19 NRS)">Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

20 Demography and health - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21: Rural Scotland Key Facts 2015 - People and Communities Services and Lifestyle Economy and Enterprise (www.gov.scot)

22 Population of Scottish Island Regions - National Records of Scotland (shinyapps.io)

23 rural-and-regional-disadvantage-in-the-highlands-and-islands-executive-summary.pdf (hie.co.uk)

24 Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

25 Inhabited Islands Analytical Report

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Email: winterbenefitspolicy@gov.scot

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