Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 8: Children's Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA)

Post Assessment Review and sign-off

Planning for the review of impact on children’s rights and wellbeing

The updated Tackling Child Poverty Evaluation Strategy published alongside the plan sets out how we will monitor and evaluate action taken by the Scottish Government and its partners to meet the four ambitious targets for 2030, as set out in the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.

There are three key elements of assessment:

1. Monitoring child poverty

Data for the four child poverty targets are published annually.

2. Monitoring the drivers of child poverty

A refreshed Child Poverty Measurement Framework has been developed to demonstrate how the drivers of poverty are changing over time.

3. Assessing the impact of policies and external factors on poverty and its drivers

The measurement framework is used to help produce annual reports of the drivers and impacts. An updated measurement framework is published alongside the plan to support future progress reports.

The plan contributes to Keeping the Promise to care experienced children and young people. The plan seeks to directly impact the drivers of child poverty, and we know that reducing poverty levels can have an influence on the rates of children and young people coming into care, reducing pressure in families and thereby reducing incidents which lead to intervention by social work services. As well as being measured through the evaluation strategy, we expect the impacts of the plan to be reflected in the progress of Keeping The Promise. The plan also aligns with GIRFEC, Scotland's national approach to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.

Sign off

Policy Lead: Ciaran McMurray, 23 February 2026

Deputy Director: Alice Hall, 23 February 2026