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Publication - Impact assessment

Draft Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024: Draft Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment

Published
7 August 2023
Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Part of
Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, Money and tax
ISBN
9781835211779

A draft Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment considering the potential impacts of the draft Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 on socio-economic inequality.

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Footnotes

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

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

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

4 Social Security Scotland Disability Benefits - Terminal Illness CMO guidance (socialsecurity.gov.scot)

5 Analysis of written responses to the consultation on social security in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Disability assistance in Scotland: analysis of consultation responses - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

9 The Scottish Health Survey 2021 - volume 1: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends 2019: Population - National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

11 The Energy Penalty - Disability and Fuel Poverty - University of Leicester (le.ac.uk)

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

13 Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland (healthscotland.scot)

14 Poverty types: Older age - Poverty in Perspective: a typology of poverty in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Poverty in Later Life June 2023: Briefing - Age UK (ageuk.org.uk)

16 Social Security, Gender and Covid-19 - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)

17 Disability: Facts and figures 2018 - Papworth Trust (papworthtrust.org.uk)

18 Dying in Poverty: Scotland Briefing - Marie Curie (mariecurie.org.uk)

19 COVID-19 response: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities - UNICEF (unicef.org)

20 Benefit Take-up and Older People June 2022: Briefing - Age UK (ageuk.org.uk)

21 Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22 Disability Assistance for Older People: position paper - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

24 Disability Assistance qualifying periods: policy position paper - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25 Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber - Case Number CDLA/2208/2018 and CDLA/2019/2018 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

26 The Social Security (Residence Requirements) (Ukraine) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: policy note - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

27 The Social Security (Residence Requirements) (Sudan) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)

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

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

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

Contact

Email: Joseph.Scullion@gov.scot

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