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

Footnotes

1 Must have due regard to the need to

(a) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act;

(b) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it;

(c) foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

2 Tackling child poverty - six priority families concept: overview and guidance - gov.scot

3 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

4 Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Progress Report 2024-25

5 1. Key Findings - Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: evidence synthesis - gov.scot

6 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

7 Scotland's Labour Market Insights

8 Labour Market Statistics for 16-24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom

9 EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts - Office for National Statistics; Precarious pay and uncertain hours - 2023_final.pdf

10 Social Mobility Commission The childhood origins of social mobility 2024

11 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

12 Section 3. School leaver initial destinations - Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 7: 2025 edition - gov.scot

13 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

14 Care experienced - Tackling child poverty - progress report 2023-2024: annex B - focus report on other marginalised groups at risk of poverty - gov.scot

15 BeyoBeyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care

16 Tackling child poverty delivery plan: fourth year progress report 2021-2022 - focus report on households with mothers aged 25 or under - gov.scot

17 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18 Scotland’s People Annual Report: Key findings - 2019 (www.gov.scot)

19 Wealth and assets: analysis 2006 to 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20 Care experienced - Tackling child poverty - progress report 2023-2024: annex B - focus report on other marginalised groups at risk of poverty - gov.scot

21 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

22 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

23 Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

24 Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Third Year Progress Report (2020-21): Annex B: Child Poverty in Families with a Disabled Adult or Child (www.gov.scot)

25 The declining disability employment gap in Scotland:Understanding the reasons behind the increasing number of disabled people in employment

26 Helping disabled people access work - mygov.scot

27 Fairer Scotland for disabled people - employment action plan: progress report - year 2 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

28 How flexible hiring could improve business performance and living standards | JRF; If not now, when? - Social Renewal Advisory Board report: January 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

29 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

30 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

31 Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

33 Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) ; Transport and Child Poverty

34 Homelessness in Scotland: 2024-25 - gov.scot

35 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

36 The impact of motherhood on monthly employee earnings and employment status, England - Office for National Statistics

37 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

38 Poverty in Scotland 2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

39 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2025 - gov.scot

40 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

41 Ibid.

42 Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis - December 2020 to May 2021

43 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

44 Poverty in Scotland 2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

45 Child Poverty Progress report 2024-25: Focus report on gender and poverty

46 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

47 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

48 Scotland’s Gender Equality Index 2023; Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 - gov.scot

49 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: October 2025 - gov.scot

50 Annual+Survey+of+Hours+and+Earnings+2025+publication+-+27+October+2025.pdf

51 Ibid.

52 Tackling child poverty - progress report 2024-2025: annex b - focus report on gender and poverty - gov.scot

53 Child Poverty Progress report 2024-25: Focus report on gender and poverty

54 Tackling child poverty - progress report 2024-2025: annex b - focus report on gender and poverty - gov.scot

55 Still Not Visible: Research on Black and minority ethnic women’s experiences of employment in Scotland

56 Women In Our Four Priorities - Gender policy coherence: annual statement 2025 - gov.scot

57 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

58 Social-Security-Scotland-applicant-diversity-and-equalities-to-March-2025-publication-40494263525.pdf

59 Child Poverty Progress report 2024-25: Focus report on gender and poverty

60 Who-bears-the-brunt_WBG-June-2024-1.pdf

61 NACWG 2024 Report

62 Domestic Abuse Recorded By The Police In Scotland, 2023-24

63 Housing and homelessness - Violence against women and girls (VAWG) - gov.scot

64 Homelessness in Scotland: 2024-25 - gov.scot

65 SWBG-Cost-of-Living-report-proof-06.pdf

66 Poverty-Alliance-briefing-for-International-Womens-Day-2024.pdf

67 SWBG-Cost-of-Living-report-proof-06.pdf

68 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

69 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

70 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

71 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

73 Sikh Women Speak: The Report

74 Social-Security-Scotland-applicant-diversity-and-equalities-to-March-2025-publication-40494263525.pdf

75 Scotland's Census 2022 - Sexual orientation and trans status or history

76 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

77 GENDER-HOUSING-AND-HOMELESSNESS---A-LITERATURE-REVIEW.pdf

78 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Sexual orientation and trans status or history

79 Trans and Non-Binary People's Experiences Summary Report

80 Health needs assessment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-binary people

81 Trans and Non-Binary People's Experiences Summary Report

82 Trans lives survey: Enduring the UK’s hostile environment