The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023: Fairer Scotland duty assessment summary

Assesses the impact of changes to Best Start Foods 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.


Footnotes

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

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

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

7. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 4

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

9. NHS Health Scotland (2018) Child Poverty in Scotland: health impact and health inequalities

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

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

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

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

14. Internal Scottish Government Analysis (2023) More help for more families

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

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18. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 9

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28. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 9

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34. Scottish Government (2023) Additional child poverty analysis 2022 - Table 1

35. Scottish Government (2020) Homelessness in Scotland: Equalities Breakdown 2019 to 2020

36. Scottish Government (2022) Homelessness in Scotland: 2021/22

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53. Scottish Government (2017) Analysis of Written Responses to the Consultation on Social Security in Scotland

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55. NHS Health Scotland (2018) Child Poverty in Scotland: health impact and health inequalities

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

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59. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 4

60. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 8

61. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 8

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63. The Food Foundation (2023) Healthy Start needs urgent improvement to tackle food insecurity in the early years

64. Scottish Government (2022) BSF: evaluation

65. Internal Scottish Government Analysis (2023) More help for more families

66. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - Figure 5b

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

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

69. Scottish Government (2022) Homelessness in Scotland: 2021/22

70. Social Security Scotland (2023) Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023

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

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91. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

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

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