The People's Panel - cost of living: research findings

Footnotes

1 The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2 Questions added to September and November polling: Public attitudes to coronavirus, cost of living and Ukraine: tracker - data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 Participation Framework - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5 The other two reports are: People’s Panel: Covid and People’s Panel: Community Resilience

6 Evaluation report: http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781835216613

7 This report, published in 2011, set out a series of recommendations for the future delivery of public services that can improve the quality of life and outcomes for the people of Scotland.

8 In 2017, the Scottish Government set out that it will use the opportunities presented through devolution to develop a new Scottish system for Social Security based on the principles of dignity, respect and human rights: Social security: policy position papers - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 This framework provides a guide to good practice in participation work in Scottish Government Participation Framework - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 5: participation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11 It’s worth noting that the term ‘people’ is intentionally used instead of ‘citizens’ to ensure inclusivity, encompassing anyone living in Scotland and avoiding exclusion.

12 Social Security Scotland - Our Charter

13 Protected characteristics | Equality and Human Rights Commission (equalityhumanrights.com)

14 The concept of intersectionality refers to the lived reality of people who experience multiple and compounding inequalities. For example: Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: evidence synthesis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 The 2 surveys were: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and society: what matters to people in Scotland? - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on wellbeing: wave 3 - survey summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

16 Stakeholders were approached, with the aim of trying to ensure representation across the equality groups. Knowledge of which stakeholders had an interest in pandemic related issues was built up from our own contacts and from stakeholders who responded to the consultation on the approach to establish the COVID-19 inquiry: Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry: Analysis of the public and stakeholders views on the approach to establishing the public inquiry - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17 Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18 There are trained mental health first aiders (MHFArs) across Scottish Government directorates. They can provide on-site support and advice about where to find professional help. For example, Scotland's Mental Health First Aid (smhfa.com)

19 The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20 Questions added to September and November polling: Public attitudes to coronavirus, cost of living and Ukraine: tracker - data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21 The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22 The post event survey had additional questions around members’ preferences around small groups, the number of discussion sessions, voucher preferences, length of the event and number of breaks, and ideas for new things to do in the events and for the final event. There was an open question for further clarification if members did not feel able to raise important issues. The surveys also included open questions on how members had found each event, what they would like to talk about next time, and a question in the 5^th event survey on the concept of household resilience.

23 Number of survey respondents – event 1 = 13, event 2 = 15, event 3 = 13, event 4 = 18, event 5 = 21, event 6 = 11

24 Event 1 question ‘How confident do you feel that your personal information will be kept confidential by the research team’. Events 2 – 5 the question was ‘How confident do you feel that your personal information will be kept confidential’.