Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): equality impact assessment

Footnotes

1 Under our universal PAWHP, a person living alone or with no other eligible person, will receive £100. For those living with another eligible person, a shared rate payment of £50 will be provided to each member of the household.

2 Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts (SEFF) - December 2024

3 Equality Act 2010

4 Social Security Experience Panels: publications

5 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Age UK calls on everyone to look out for their older family members and friends this wintertime

7 Age Scotland: “Turn up the heat this winter to save lives and protect our NHS and social care” (ageuk.org.uk)

8 energy-crisis-parliamentary-briefing---january-2022.pdf

9 A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 Fairer Scotland Action Plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11 Social Security experience panels: cold spell and winter fuel payment – 2020 report

12 Social Security Experience (www.gov.scot)

13 Scottish House Condition Survey: 2023 Key Findings - gov.scot

14 Equality Evidence

15 Social Security Experience Panels: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

16 "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

17 Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

18 Search | Scotland’s Census - 2022

19 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

20 "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

21 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

22 Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

23 “Not enough to live on”: Pensioner poverty in Scotland | Independent Age

24 Scottish House Condition Survey: 2023 Key Findings

25 (6) Impacts on individuals - Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

26 Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

27 (5) Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

28 Supporting documents - Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): consultation analysis - gov.scot

29 Only 186 pensioners opt out of Winter Fuel Payment in 2021 out of over 11m recipients | Quilter Media Centre

30 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

31 Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland: A Strategic Approach (www.gov.scot)

32 The Scottish Health Survey 2020 edition - telephone survey

33 Living longer - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

34 Impacts of energy costs on disabled people and people with health conditions (HTML) | Consumer Scotland

35 Scottish Government: Energy Tracker (consumer.scot)

36 Social Security Experience (www.gov.scot)

37 Note that this is only based on caseloads for reserved disability benefits and excludes Adult Disability Payment in Scotland, for which benefit combination data is unavailable.

38 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment – Distributional Analysis- Office of Chief Economic Advisor – January 2025 (Note: Figures are not exact and have been rounded, Internal Analysis provided)

39 Equality Act 2010: guidance - GOV.UK

40 Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

41 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23

42 Healthy Ageing in Scotland - Pilot Survey Report (1).pdf

43 As previously noted, under our universal PAWHP, a person living alone or with no other eligible person, will receive £100. For those living with another eligible person, a shared rate payment of £50 will be provided to each member of the household

44 Scottish Health Survey 2022 Main Report Volume 1 (www.gov.scot)

45 National life tables: UK - Office for National Statistics

46 Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK

47 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Sexual orientation and trans status or history | Scotland's Census

48 Scotland's Census 2022 - National Records of Scotland Table UV903b - Trans status or history by age All people aged 16 and over

49 Scottish Trans, Equality Network, “Trans and Non-Binary Experiences”, 2024: Scottish-Trans-and-Nonbinary-Experiences-Summary-Report.pdf

50 Scottish Government, Social Security Scotland, “Social Security Scotland Client Diversity and Equalities Analysis for April 2023 to March 2024”, 2024: Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client and Applicant Diversity and Equalities Analysis for April 2023 to March 2024

51 Equality Act 2010: guidance - GOV.UK

52 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

53 Languages | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

54 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23

55 Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot

56 New Age UK analysis finds one in five UK women pensioners now living in poverty

57 Note* The statistics provided are based on Scotland's Census 2022 data for households where the Household Reference Person is aged 65+. Due to small sample sizes, some ethnic groups have been aggregated.

58 Improving access for Gypsy/Travellers to the NHS and health and social care in Scotland (publichealthscotland.scot)

59 Within the Scotland’s Census 2022 data, the White: Gypsy/Traveller sample is very small compared to all households. This may result in some volatility in the results.

60 Social Security Experience (www.gov.scot)

61 1. Introduction - Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

62 Equality Act 2010: guidance - GOV.UK

63 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

64 New Age UK analysis finds one in five UK women pensioners now living in poverty

65 Pension Age Winter Heating Payment – Distributional Analysis- Office of Chief Economic Advisor – January 2025 (Note: Figures are not exact and have been rounded, Internal Analysis provided)