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Publication - Impact assessment

Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations: equalities impact assessment (EQIA)

Published
17 December 2021
Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Part of
Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, Money and tax
ISBN
9781802018400

The equality impact assessment (EQIA) considers potential effects of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and how it impacts on people with one or more protected characteristics.

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Footnotes

1. Disability assistance in Scotland: response to consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Analysis of written responses to the consultation on social security in Scotland

3. See DWP benefits case transfers: survey findings and Social Security Experience Panels: designing the benefits case transfer process

4. Scottish Health Survey 2018: summary report

5. Scotland's Census: statistics and data/census

6. Mid-2019 Population Estimates Scotland

7. Disability assistance in Scotland: analysis of consultation responses

8. Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group

9. DWP Stat Xplore,

10. DWP Stat Xplore,

11. UK welfare policy: impact on disabled people - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. Welfare reform: impact report on benefits for disabled people - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13. National Health Service Act 2006 (legislation.gov.uk)

14. Race Disparity Audit - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15. Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland - A Comprehensive Analysis of the 2011 Census (webarchive.org.uk)

16. Report: Palliative and end of life care for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK (mariecurie.org.uk)

17. A Cross-Cultural Study on Behaviors When Death Is Approaching in East Asian Countries: What Are the Physician-Perceived Common Beliefs and Practices? - PubMed (nih.gov)

18. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. papworth-trust-disability-facts-and-figures-2018.pdf

20. Social Security, Gender and Covid-19 - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)

21. The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific

22. What do we want from the Government at Holyrood (engender.org.uk)

23. Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

24. The Scottish LGBT Equality Report — Equality Network (equality-network.org)

Contact

Email: matthew.duff@gov.scot

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