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Publication - Impact assessment

Draft Disability Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023: draft fairer Scotland duty impact assessment

Published
27 February 2023
Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Part of
Equality and rights
ISBN
9781805255734

Fairer Scotland duty impact assessment to consider potential impacts of the Disability Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 on socio-economic inequality.

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Footnotes

1. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/fairerscotland/Social-Security/SG-Response

2. https://www.gov.scot/publications/consultation-disability-assistance-scotland-analysis-responses/

3. https://www.gov.scot/publications/analysis-written-responses-consultation-social-security-scotland/

4. See https://www.gov.scot/publications/ocial-security-experience-panels-case-transfer-survey-findings/ and https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-security-experience-panels-designing-case-transfer-process-main-report/

5. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

6. Relative poverty is a measure of whether the income of the poorest households are keeping pace with the middle income households.

7. Wealth and Assets in Scotland, Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)

8. How are young people's life chances patterned by disadvantage and protected characteristics? - The life chances of young people in Scotland: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. The Energy Penalty: Disabled People and Fuel Poverty | Fuel Poverty Research Library (fuelpovertylibrary.info)

10. Additional child poverty analysis 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Food insecurity among disabled adults - PMC (nih.gov)

12. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

13. https://www.gov.scot/publications/poverty-perspective-typology-poverty-scotland/pages/5/

14. The Energy Penalty: Disabled People and Fuel Poverty | Fuel Poverty Research Library (fuelpovertylibrary.info)

15. Disability benefits and support after coronavirus | Disability charity Scope

16. A Disability-Inclusive Response to | United Nations

17. Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18. Disabled people hit hard by rising energy bills - News

19. fuel_poverty_two_column_17.11.pdf (cas.org.uk)

20. The Energy Penalty: Disabled People and Fuel Poverty | Fuel Poverty Research Library (fuelpovertylibrary.info)

Contact

Email: Astrid.Ball@gov.scot

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