Publication - Impact assessment
Pension Age Winter Heating Payment: Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment
The Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) carried out in relation to the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025
Footnotes
1 Social Security Scotland - Child Winter Heating Assistance factsheet - English
2 Social Security Scotland - Winter Heating Payment factsheet - English
3 Relevant Benefits:
(a)income support under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
- (b)an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;
- (c)state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
- (d)an income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
- (e)universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012
4 Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional awards – April 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)