Publication - Impact assessment

Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 10: Islands Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)

Published: 12 March 2026
From: Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Equality and rights
ISBN: 9781806439065

Results of our island communities impact assessment (ICIA) on the policy development of Bringing Hope, Building Futures: the third tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026 to 2031.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Understanding the changing nature and context of poverty in Scottish rural and island communities since 2010.

2 Inquiry into poverty in rural areas-Poverty-Rural-Report-May-24-_DE_design.pdf,

3 Understanding the changing nature and context of poverty in Scottish rural and island communities since 2010 .

4 Inquiry into poverty in rural areas- CPG Poverty-Rural-Report-May-24-_DE_design.pdf,

5 Report on data connection-Connected Nations Scotland report 2024,

6 rural-and-regional-disadvantage-in-the-highlands-and-islands-report.pdf,

7 Inquiry into poverty in rural areas-CPG-on-Poverty-Rural-Report-May-24-_DE_design.pdf

8 improving_understanding_child_poverty_rural_island_scotland.pdf

9 2. Rural poverty in Scotland - Poverty in rural Scotland: evidence review - gov.scot.

10 Scottish Islands Data Overview (2025)

11 8 Fuel Poverty - Scottish Islands Data Overview (2025) - gov.scot

12 Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee

13 Taking Action on Rural Poverty - The Poverty Alliance,

14 The Cost of Remoteness - gov.scot,

15 Summary of Strategic Objectives - National Islands Plan: annual report 2023 - gov.scot,

16 Understanding the changing nature and context of poverty in Scottish rural and island communities since 2010.

Contact

Email: TCPU@gov.scot

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