Care Leaver Payment (Scotland) Regulations 2026: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment (EQIA) for the Care Leaver Payment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 which will provide for a new scheme called the Care Leaver Payment. This will provide a one-off £2000 payment to young people moving from care, with the intention of helping to reduce some of the financial barriers they face whilst moving into adulthood.
Equality impact assessment – Record
Title of policy/practice/strategy/legislation etc
Care Leaver Payment
Minister
Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise
Lead Official
Aisha Pereyra
Officials involved in the EQIA
Aisha Pereyra, Deborah Davies, Nicola Davidson – Care Leaver Payment team.
Cara Cooper – Unit Head, Children and Young People Unit
Karen Clyde – SGLD
Directorate: Division: Team
Children and Families Directorate: Care Experience, Children’s Services Reform and The Promise: Care Leaver Payment Team
Is this new policy or revision to an existing policy?
New policy
Contact
Email: careleaverpayment@gov.scot