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Publication - Impact assessment

Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024: Island Communities Impact Assessment

Published
17 April 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Part of
Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, Money and tax
ISBN
9781836011125

An Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA) considering the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 in relation to the potential impact on people living in the Islands under Section 8 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.

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Footnotes

1 Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

2 Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

3 Social Security Experience Panels: publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 A Consultation on Improving Disability Assistance in Scotland - Scottish Government (consult.gov.scot)

5 DWP benefits case transfers: survey findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Social Security Experience Panels: designing the benefits case transfer process - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)

8 Social security case transfer: policy position paper - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 Social Security Scotland - Our Charter (socialsecurity.gov.scot)

10 Updated Guidance on the Implementation of Benefits Assessment under Special Rules in Scotland (BASRiS) - Chief Medical Officer (sehd.scot.nhs.uk)

11 Social Security - A Consultation on Disability Assistance in Scotland - Scottish Government response (www.gov.scot)

12 Social Security experience panels: decision making and reviewing an award - main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13 Social Security - A Consultation on Disability Assistance in Scotland - Scottish Government response (www.gov.scot)

14 Rural Scotland: key facts 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

16 Islands (Scotland) Bill | Scottish Parliament (parliament.scot)

17 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

18 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

19 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

20 UK Poverty 2022: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK | JRF (www.jrf.org.uk)

21 Population Groups: Older People - Public Health Scotland (www.healthscotland.scot)

22 Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)

23 Sutherland, F (2015) Remotely excluded: barriers facing Scotland’s rural consumers, CAS, Edinburgh, 36 pp

24 A Minimum Income Standard: For Remote rural Scotland; Loughborough University, UHI & Highlands and Islands Enterprise; 2013

25 A Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland 2016 | Highlands and Islands Enterprise (www.hie.co.uk)

26 Disability, Long Term Conditions and Poverty - New Policy Institute (npi.org.uk)

27 Islands Strategic Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

28 Islands (Scotland) Bill | Scottish Parliament (digitalpublications.parliament.scot)

29 Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

30 Concessionary travel consultation | Transport Scotland (transport.gov.scot)

31 National Transport Strategy - Transport Scotland (transport.gov.scot)

32 Accessible Travel Framework | Transport Scotland (transport.gov.scot)

33 Poverty types: Working age without children - Poverty in Perspective: a typology of poverty in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

34 Client Representative Guidelines Part 5.2 - Appointees for adults regarded as incapable | Social Security Scotland (socialsecurity.gov.scot)

35 Devolution of disability benefits: evaluation strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Contact

Email: Joseph.Scullion@gov.scot

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