New legal definition for school age childcare: consultation

Section 2: Impact Assessments

The Scottish Government has begun developing a range of impact assessments for this piece of work, informed through engagement with stakeholders. The purpose of these impact assessments is to help us to understand the potential effects of government policy on specific groups, including children and young people, island and mainland rural communities, business and equalities groups. This will then inform decisions about what changes should be introduced.

The assessments we are working on are:

• Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
• Equality Impact Assessment
• Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment
• Island Communities Impact Assessment
• Rural Assessment.

We are now asking for your help to make sure that we include all of the most relevant information so that our impact assessments are accurate.

Question 5. Are there any examples or case studies you think we should look at when assessing the potential impacts of changing the definition?

What type of impact do you think this information will help us understand? (You can choose more than one option)

Business and Regulatory Impact

Equality Impact

Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact

Island Communities Impact

Rural Impact

Please provide further details about the examples or case studies and where we can access them.

Question 6. Are there any sources of data that you think would help us understand the impact of changing the definition of school age childcare?

What type of impact do you think this information will help us understand? (You can choose more than one option)

Business and Regulatory Impact

Equality Impact

Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact

Island Communities Impact

Rural Impact

Please provide further details about the data sources and the type of information they contain.

Question 7. Are there any areas or groups that you think will be particularly affected by the change in definition?

Please provide more information.