Best Start Grant: business and regulatory impact assessment

This business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) considers the potential effects of the The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and how it impacts on businesses.


Declaration and publication

The Cabinet Secretary or Minister responsible for the policy (or the Chief Executive of non departmental public bodies and other agencies if appropriate) is required to sign off all BRIAs prior to publication.

I have read the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment and I am satisfied that, given the available evidence, it represents a reasonable view of the likely costs, benefits and impact of the leading options. I am satisfied that business impact has been assessed with the support of businesses in Scotland.

Signed: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People

Date: 5 September 2018

Scottish Government Contact point: Dorothy Ogle, Social Security Policy Team Leader, Low Income Benefits Policy Unit 0131 244 7661

Contact

Email: Alison Melville alison.melville@gov.scot 

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