Unclaimed tenancy deposits: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment (EQIA) results for unclaimed tenancy deposits.
Footnotes
1. Housing to 2040 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
3. Delivering our National Missions - Programme for Government 2023 to 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
4. Review of Tenancy Deposit Schemes in Scotland (www.gov.scot)
6. A New Deal for Tenants: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
8. Scottish Government, Housing statistics: Stock by tenure. Figures are estimated stock as at March 2022. In the Financial Memorandum, the number of private rented households is rounded to 340,000 when used in costings.
9. Supporting documents - Housing Statistics 2022 & 2023: Key Trends Summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and new-deal-tenants-draft-strategy-consultation-paper.pdf (www.gov.scot)
10. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
11. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23
12. Review of Tenancy Deposit Schemes in Scotland (www.gov.scot)
13. SPF Report on future of Scotland's Residential Rental Market (scottishpropertyfederation.org.uk)
14. Who's studying in HE? | HESA
15. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022
16. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report (www.gov.scot) p48. The analytical paper as published contains references to hyperlinks which no longer exist. However, underlying data available is summarised in this report Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot) and underlying data tables can be found here: Download data.
18. Living in Scotland’s private rented sector: A bespoke survey of renters’ experiences
20. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
21. Scotland’s Gender Equality Index 2023 (data.gov.scot)
22. See footnote 21
23. See footnote 21
24. The low-income indicator measures the proportion of adults with an income below 60% of the UK median income, after equivalising for dependent children living with them. Due to limitations of the available data, we have assumed that costs related to dependent children are shared proportionate to individual income within a family. This indicator uses income before housing costs to avoid needing to make assumptions about how housing costs are split within a couple.
25. Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)
26. In 2018-2020, 70% of households with a male household head owned property, whereas only 59% of households with a female household head did. This gap was consistent over time.
28. 39% of men compared to 47% of women surveyed
30. Scottish Government analysis of Family Resources Survey Data (2020-23) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)
31. Additional child poverty analysis 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
33. Stonewall Scotland - LGBT in Britain
34. "I didn’t feel safe being my full self" - the LGBTQ+ experience of renting (generationrent.org)
35. Equality-Network-Consultation-Response-A-Human-Rights-Bill-for-Scotland-4th-October-2023-.pdf
36. National LGBT Survey: Research report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
37. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 (Last updated: January 2021)
38. Inclusive Participation in Rural Scotland: A Preliminary Exploration (www.gov.scot)
39. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 - Equality analysis. 21% of adults who did not answer the question about sexual orientation also reported being in relative poverty after housing costs.
40. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
41. includes ‘White: Irish’, ‘White: Gypsy/Traveller’, 'Roma', 'Showman/Showwoman' and ‘White: Other White Ethnic Group’
42. 'Asian' includes the categories Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British
43. All other ethnic groups' includes categories within the 'Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group', ‘African’, ‘Caribbean or Black’ and ‘Other Ethnic Group’ sections
44. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report (www.gov.scot) p.42
45. According to Census 2011 data
46. Scottish Government (2020). Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2016-19 and Additional poverty analysis 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
47. Ethnicity and Housing in Scotland, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, July 2020
49. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: Evidence review (www.gov.scot), January 2021
50. Scottish Government, Poverty and Child Poverty Data for Download
51. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
52. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
53. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: Evidence review (www.gov.scot) see p31
55. Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points - Shelter Scotland
56. Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Data table 1.17. Rates of difficulty paying were 3% for White Scottish, 2% for White British, 4% for White Other, and 2% for Minority Ethnic Group HIH respondents.
57. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
58. The 'Other' group includes Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan, Jewish, Sikh, and 'Another religion' responses
59. Poverty and Income Inequality Statistics March 2024
60. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
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