Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 7: Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA)

Bringing Hope, Building Futures Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031. Annex 7: Equality Impact Assessment

Title of policy:

Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of policy:

The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 (“the Act”) sets in statute ambitious targets to significantly reduce rates of child poverty in Scotland by 2030.

The final tackling child poverty delivery plan under the Act covers the period 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031 and aims to:

• Set out a strategic framework to drive continued progress in delivering on the national mission to eradicate child poverty and meet the four statutory child poverty targets - relative, absolute and persistent poverty and combined low income and material deprivation - set out in the Act.
• Outline specific action to be delivered in 2026-27 which will drive continued progress against the targets.
• Build on evidence of the drivers of poverty reduction to drive progress on four key themes: increasing earned incomes; reducing the costs of living; maximising incomes from social security; and supporting children and families to thrive.

Directorate:

Tackling Child Poverty & Social Justice

Division:

Tackling Child Poverty

Team:

Tackling Child Poverty Policy Unit