Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance - April 2025

Footnotes

1 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015

2 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016

3 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1

4 Scottish Welfare Fund review: final report

5 Scottish Welfare Fund: action plan

6 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s5

7 The Poverty Alliance Get Heard Scotland Citizen Panel said that dignity and respect when accessing the SWF means: • Being listened to without judgement; • Being believed; • Being treated politely and with empathy; • Feeling heard and valued; and • Being treated as a person, not a set of needs.

8 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(2)

9 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(3)

10 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(2)

11 The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 reg.6(4)

12 The qualifying individual must have been in prison, or a care institution, for (a) a period of at least 3 months, any part of which falls within the 9 months preceding the date of application or (b) been in a care institution for two or more separate periods within that 9 month period.

13 Statutory guidance on Part 9 (Corporate Parenting) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - gov.scot

14 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1

15 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015

16 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.4

17 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.7

18 Principles of Inclusive Communication: An information and self-assessment tool for public authorities - gov.scot

19 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.12

20 https://www.traumatransformation.scot/implementation/

21 https://www.gov.scot/publications/right-first-time-practical-guide-public-authorities-scotland-decision-making-law-third-edition/

22 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 regs.13(1), 14(7), 15 & 16

23 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.16

24 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.13

25 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(4)

26 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.10

27 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s10

28 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.4, reg.5 and reg.11

29 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2

30 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8

31 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.11

32 Migrants rights and entitlements, Migration Scotland

33 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6.(2)

34 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(1)

35 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.10

36 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 and reg.5

37 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.5

38 2012 c.5

39 1995 c.18

40 1992 c.4

41 2007 c.5

42 2002 c.16

43 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s6

44 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8 and reg.9

45 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 reg. 134

46 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(a)

47 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(b)

48 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(c)

49 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(d)

50 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(4)(e)

51 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)

52 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.3 and 5

53 2012 c.5

54 1995 c.18

55 1992 c.4

56 2007 c.5

57 2002 c.16

58 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s6

59 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)

60 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.6(5)(a)

61 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.8

62 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.13(3)

63 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.14

64 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.15

65 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s.7 – s13

66 The Model Complaints Handling Procedures | SPSO

67 The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 reg.11