Publication - Impact assessment
Pension Age Winter Heating Payment: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment
The child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) carried out in relation to the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.
Conclusion
7. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all UNCRC requirements, what is the potential overall impact of this proposal on children’s rights? Children’s Rights
Positive/ Negative/ Neutral /No impact
8. If you have identified a positive impact on children’s rights, please describe below how the proposal will protect, respect, and fulfil children’s rights in Scotland.
As this payment is intended to provide support with the heating costs associated with older age for individuals of pension age, the overall impact on children of this SSI is expected to be neutral.
For the children who are part of a household with people of pensionable age, it is expected the provision of universal support through PAWHP will have an indirect positive impact on their rights under Article 26 (right to benefit from social security) and Article 27 (right to an adequate standard of living).
9. If a negative impact has been identified please describe below. Is there a risk this could potentially amount to an incompatibility?
N/A