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Social security - cross-border amendment and case transfer revocation: Equality and Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessments considerations

Details updates on the Equality and Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessments related to the improvements we plan to implement through the draft Social Security (Cross-border Provision, Case Transfer and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025.


Footnotes

1 Best Start Foods, Best Start Grant, Child Disability Payment, Adult Disability Payment, Carer Support Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment, Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance

2 The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020 and the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022

3 Internal Migration in Scotland and the UK: Trends and Policy Lessons

4 CDP – 16, ADP – 157, CSP – 45, PADP – 36, SADLA – 8

5 Scottish Health Survey

6 Equality Impact Assessment, The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, October 2023

7 Equality Impact Assessment, The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, October 2023

8 Social Security, Gender and Covid-19 – Women’s Budget Group

9 Migration flows - National Records of Scotland (NRS)

10 Carer’s Allowance statistics to August 2024, Social Security Scotland, February 2025, Social Security Scotland - Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2024

11 Mid Year Population Estimates Revised 2011-2021, Scotland, Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

12 Migration Flows | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

13 CDP – 16, ADP – 157, CSP – 45, PADP – 36, SADLA – 8

14 Internal Migration in Scotland and the UK: Trends and Policy Lessons (www.gov.scot)

15 ibid

16 State of Caring Survey 2023 - The impact of caring on: finances | Carers UK

17 Poverty and financial hardship of unpaid carers in the UK | WPI Economics

18 The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020 and the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

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