Social Security Administration and Tribunals (Scotland) Bill 2020: EQIA

This equalities impact assessment (EQIA) considers the impact of the provisions contained in the Social Security Administration and Tribunals (Scotland) Bill in relation to the protected characteristics laid out in the Equality Act (2010).


Footnotes

1. National Records of Scotland (2019) Mid-2018 population estimates Scotland

2. Stat Xplore, accessed 16th March 2020, Stat Xplore

3. Scottish Government (2018) Long-Term Conditions Statistics, The Scottish Health Survey 2018: supplementary tables

4. Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, s. 66(2)

5. Stat Xplore, accessed 16th March 2020, Stat Xplore

6. Stat Xplore, accessed 16th March 2020, Stat Xplore, and calculation

7. Stat Xplore, accessed 16th March 2020, Stat Xplore, and calculation

8. This includes children in several types of care setting, including at home (where a child is subject to a Compulsory Supervision Order and continues to live in their normal place of residence), foster care, residential unit or school, a secure unit, with prospective adopters, or in kinship care (where they are placed with friends or relatives).

9. Scottish Government (2019) Children's social work statistics 2017-2018

10. Scottish Government (2019) Children's social work statistics 2017-2018

11. NRS (2013) 2011 Census: Key Results on Population, Ethnicity, Identity, Language, Religion, Health, Housing and Accommodation in Scotland - Release 2A

12. NRS (2013) 2011 Census: Key Results on Population, Ethnicity, Identity, Language, Religion, Health, Housing and Accommodation in Scotland - Release 2A

13. Scottish Government (2019) Summary Statistics for schools in Scotland no. 10: 2019 edition – Additional early learning and childcare tables 2019, Table 5

14. UK Government (2019) https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/benefits/state-support/latest#by-ethnicity-and-type-of-support Section 4

15. Scotland's Census 2011 - National Records of Scotland, Table LC3205SC - Long-term health problem or disability by ethnic group by age: All people

16. Scottish Government (2015) Which ethnic groups have the poorest health?

17. Scottish Government (2015) Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland - A Comprehensive Analysis of the 2011 Census

18. Scottish Government (2015) Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland - A Comprehensive Analysis of the 2011 Census

19. Scottish Government (2019) Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2017

20. Scottish Government (2019) Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2017

21. Scottish Government (2017) Analysis of Written Responses to the Consultation on Social Security in Scotland

22. Scottish Government (2017) Social Security Experience Panels - About Your Benefits and You: quantitative research findings

23. Scottish Government (2019) Disability assistance in Scotland: analysis of consultation responses

24. https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/fraud-investigations/

25. https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-analysts-report-consultation-investigation-offences-regulations-code-practice-investigations/

26. Home Office (2019) Resettlement by Local Authority tables Asylum and resettlement datasets. Immigration statistics data tables year ending December 2019.

27. https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets/media/documents/policy/policy-publications/june-2013/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-for-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-groups-in-the-uk.pdf

28. https://www.ecald.com/assets/Resources/Breaking-Bad-News-Chinese.pdf

29. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4616852/

30. https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fhouseholdcharacteristics%2fhomeinternetandsocialmediausage%2fdatasets%2finternetaccesshouseholdsandindividualsreferencetables%2f2019/internetaccessdatatables2019.xlsx

31. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/11/pdfs/ssieqia_20200011_en.pdf

32. Statistics extracted from https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/ in November 2019

33. https://www.gov.scot/publications/domestic-abuse-recorded-police-scotland-2017-18/

34. https://www.gov.scot/publications/domestic-abuse-recorded-police-scotland-2017-18/

35. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/11/pdfs/ssieqia_20200011_en.pdf

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