Best Start Grant: equality impact assessment

Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) considers potential effects of Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and how it impacts on people with one or more protected characteristics.


Footnotes

1. The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/contents/enacted

2. Section 32 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/section/32/enacted

3. Schedule 6 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/schedule/6/enacted

4. A Nation with Ambition, The Government's Programme for Scotland 2017-18 https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00524214.pdf

5. Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan /publications/child-chance-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2018-22/pages/1/

6. Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/contents/enacted

7. A New Future for Social Security Consultation https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/social-security-in-scotland/

8. Analysis of Social Security Consultation https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00514351.pdf

9. Best Start Grant Reference Group /groups/best-start-grant-reference-group/

10. Early Years Assistance ( BSG) Illustrative Regulations and policy narrative /publications/early-years-assistance-best-start-grant-illustrative-regulations-policy-narrative

11. Early Years Assistance, Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations

12. BSG – Visual Summary of Research Findings /publications/best-start-grant-visual-summary-research-findings/0

13. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable

14. Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People Strategy https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/03/5858

15. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable

16. A New Future for Social Security Consultation /publications/new-future-social-security-consultation-social-security-scotland

17. Digital First Service Standards https://resources.mygov.scot/standards/digital-first/

18. Early Years Assistance – Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations

19. The impact of austerity on black and minority ethnic women in the UK https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/PressReleases/Correct%20WBG%20report%20for%20Microsite.pdf

20. Comparing larger and smaller families in the UK https://populationmatters.org/documents/family_sizes.pdf

21. Characteristics associated with poverty https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/povertytable

22. Early Years Assistance – Consultation on BSG Regulations /publications/early-years-assistance-consultation-best-start-grant-regulations

23. The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/contents/enacted

Contact

Email: Alison Melville alison.melville@gov.scot 

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