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Publication - Impact assessment

Self-Isolation Support Grant: equality impact assessment

Published
26 October 2022
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate, +2 more … Public Service Reform Directorate, Social Security Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, Economy, +3 more … Equality and rights, Health and social care, Money and tax
ISBN
9781805250388

Equality impact assessment (EQIA) to reflect the policy change from 1 May 2022 reducing the value of the grant from £500 to £225.

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Footnotes

1 Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)

2 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (legislation.gov.uk)

3 Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)

4 Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)

5 Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)

6 https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-scottish-welfare-fund-statutory-guidance/

7 Section 4 of the Equality Act 2010

8 https://www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk/use-of-your-data-for-track-trace-isolate-tti/

9 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

10 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2016-19 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

12 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

13 https://www.engender.org.uk/content/publications/Close-the-Gap-and-Engender-Joint-briefing-on-the-impact-of-COVID-19-on-womens-wellbeing-mental-health-and-financial-security.pdf

14 Inequalities by ethnicity in the context of COVID-19 (slide-pack) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Poverty, Inequality and COVID-19 (improvementservice.org.uk)

16 Inequalities by ethnicity in the context of COVID-19 (slide-pack) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17 Poverty, Inequality and COVID-19 (improvementservice.org.uk)

18 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

19 The Scottish Health Survey 2018 edition; amended in February 2020 : volume 1 : main report (www.gov.scot)

20 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

21 Failing-Babies-Poverty-maternity-and-healthcare-in-the-twentieth-century_fin..pdf (povertyalliance.org)

22 Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the coronavirus vaccine | The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (nhsinform.scot)

23 COVID-19 support study: experiences of and compliance with self-isolation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

24 Coronavirus (Covid-19): modelling the epidemic in Scotland (Issue No. 91) (www.gov.scot)

25 Coronavirus (Covid-19): modelling the epidemic in Scotland (Issue No. 91) (www.gov.scot)

26 Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

27 Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

28 Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

Contact

Email: covidincomesupport@gov.scot

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