Publication - Impact assessment

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

Published: 5 October 2022
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Communities and third sector, Cost of living crisis, +2 more … Equality and rights, Programme for Government
ISBN: 9781804359488

Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) considering the changes to the five family payments and how this impacts on children, in particular in relation to Part 1 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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Footnotes

1. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

2. Scottish Commission on Social Security (2020) Scrutiny report on draft regulations: Scottish Child Payment Draft Regulations 2020

3. Scottish Government (2022) Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

4. Scottish Commission on Social Security (2020) Scrutiny report on draft regulations: Scottish Child Payment Draft Regulations 2020

5. Social Security Scotland (2019) Our Charter

6. Scottish Government (2018) Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022

7. Nourish Scotland (2016) Living more important than surviving

8. Children's Parliament (2017) What Kind of Scotland

9. Lundberg et al (1997) Do Husbands and Wives Pool Their Resources? Evidence from the United Kingdom Child Benefit, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 32, No. 3., pp. 463-480; Fisher (2014) British tax credit simplification, the intra-household distribution of income and family consumption;

10. Iriss (2019) Disability, Poverty and Transitional Support

11. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

12. Scottish Government (2018) Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022

13. Scottish Government (2016) Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People Strategy

14. For a full list of qualifying benefits see - Scottish Child Payment - Who should apply

15. Social Security Scotland (2019) Our Charter

16. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

17. Scottish Government (2022) Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

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

19. Independent Care Review (2020) The Promise

20. Scottish Commission on Social Security (2020) Scrutiny report on draft regulations: Scottish Child Payment Draft Regulations 2020

21. Scottish Government (2018) Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022