Funeral Expense Assistance: EQIA

Footnotes

1. Funeral Cost Plan - https://www.gov.scot/publications/funeral-costs-plan/

2. For this policy child includes people aged 17 and under.

3. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/contents/enacted

4. The Scottish Fiscal Commission Budget published 12 December 2018 - http://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecasts/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecasts-december-2018/

5. FEA & Funeral Poverty Reference Group - https://www.gov.scot/groups/funeral-poverty-and-funeral-expense-assistance-reference-group/

6. A New Future for Social Security, Consultation on Social Security in Scotland - https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/social-security-in-scotland/supporting_documents/Consultation%20on%20social%20security%20in%20Scotland%20%20full%20version.pdf

7. Analysis of Written Responses to the Consultation on Social Security in Scotland - https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00514351.pdf

8. Consultation on Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations - https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/funeral-expense-assistance/supporting_documents/00535472.pdf

9. Published responses to the FEA consultation - https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/funeral-expense-assistance/consultation/published_select_respondent

10. Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations: consultation analysis - https://www.gov.scot/publications/funeral-expense-assistance-regulations-analysis-consultation-responses/

11. Scottish Government Response to the FEA Consultation – http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781787814738

12. Social Security Committee Convener's letter to the Minister for Social Security - http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Social_Security/General%20Documents/20180626_ConvToMin_FuneralExpenseAssistance.pdf

13. For this policy child includes people aged 17 and under.

14. Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2016-17 - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630382/social-fund-annual-report-2016-2017.pdf

15. NRS population projection 2017 - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2017/SCOTLANDS-POPULATION-IS-PROJECTED-TO-INCREASE-AND-TO-AGE

16. Disability and poverty information from Joseph Rowntree Foundation - https://www.jrf.org.uk/mpse-2015/disability-and-poverty

17. Scotland's Population 2016 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/stats-at-a-glance/registrar-generals-annual-review/2016

18. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2014-17 - https://www.gov.scot/publications/poverty-income-inequality-scotland-2014-17/

19. 2011 Census: Release 2A - https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/statistical-bulletins

20. Immigration Statistics 2017 excel data - the Home Office