Publication - Impact assessment

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessment summary

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: 9781804359501

Assesses the impact of changes to Best Start Foods, Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment on socio-economic inequality. This duty came into force in Scotland in 2018 and is set out in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. It considers issues such as low income, low wealth and area deprivation.

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Footnotes

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

2. Scottish Government (2022) Children's Social Work Statistics, Scotland 2020-21- Table 1 (target measures by priority group)

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

4. Cooper & Stewart, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (2017) Does money affect children's outcomes? an update

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

6. Independent Care Review (2020) The Promise

7. Scottish Government (2020) Best Start Grant: interim evaluation

8. Scottish Government (2022) Best Start Foods: evaluation

9. Scottish Government (2022) Interim Evaluation of Scottish Child Payment

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

11. ONS (2022) Families by family type, regions of England and UK constituent countries – Table 12

12. Scottish Government (2021) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 - Figure 20

13. One Parent Families Scotland (2019) Submission to The Scottish Affairs Committee Enquiry examining the impact of UK welfare policies in Scotland

14. HMRC (2022) Personal tax credits provisional statistics for December 2021 - Table 2.1

15. DWP (2022) Stat-Xplore: Universal Credit, Households on Universal Credit, Family Type

16. Scottish Government (2022) Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 28 February 2022

17. Social Security Scotland (2021) Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021

18. Scottish Government (2022) Additional child poverty analysis 2022 - Table 1 (target measures by priority group

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

20. Scottish Government (2022) Additional child poverty analysis 2022 - Table 1 (target measures by priority group

21. Scottish Government (2016) Race equality framework for Scotland 2016 to 2030

22. Scottish Government (2021) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20- Figure 23

23. Women's Budget Group and Runnymede Trust (2017) Intersecting inequalities: the impact of austerity on black and minority ethnic women in the UK

24. Social Security Scotland (2021) Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021

25. Scottish Government (2022) Additional child poverty analysis 2022 - Table 1 (target measures by priority group

26. Scottish Government (2022) Additional child poverty analysis 2019 - Child poverty by whether there are under 5 year olds or under 6 year olds in the household

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

28. Social Security Scotland (2021) Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021

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

30. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

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

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