Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): child rights and wellbeing impact assessment
This Child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) sets out to assess the impact of the Winter Heating Payment on children and young people. It builds on, and should be read alongside the WHP Equality Impact Assessment.
Footnotes
1 See Qualifying Benefits table: Low Income Winter Heating Assistance – Policy Note: Social Security Directorate – Policy Division June 2022 (www.gov.scot)
3 Cold Weather Payment: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
4 Social Security Experience Panels: publications
5 Social Fund Cold Weather Payments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
6 Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
7 Source: SHCS 2019
11 Scottish House Condition Survey
14 Social Security Experience Panels - Low Income Winter Heating Assistance: survey findings
15 Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA): consultation
16 Health and Early Years, Children and Young People
17 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2018-21 - analytical report (data.gov.scot)
18 Child and adolescent health and wellbeing: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
19 Addressing child poverty in Scotland: the role of nurses
20 Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)
21 Glasgow Centre for Population Health - Poverty, Parenting and Poor Health
22 the-health-impacts-of-cold-homes-and-fuel-poverty.pdf (instituteofhealthequity.org)
23 Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings
24 The Children's Commission on Poverty
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