Tackling child poverty skills package - equality impact assessment

Footnotes

1 The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017

2 Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031

3 Must have due regard to the need to

(a) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act;

(b) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it;

(c) foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

4 Key Findings - Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 7: Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) - gov.scot

5 Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 - gov.scot

6 Equality Act 2010

7 Tackling child poverty - six priority families concept: overview and guidance

8 5 Working-age adults - Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2022-25 - gov.scot

9 Scottish Government Publications - Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: evidence synthesis

10 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2022-25

11 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

12 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2022-25 - gov.scot

13 Poverty in Scotland 2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

14 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2026 - gov.scot

15 EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts - Office for National Statistics; Precarious pay and uncertain hours: Insecure work in the UK Labour Market - 2023 report

16 Childhood origins of social mobility - Social Mobility Commission

17 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: February 2025 - gov.scot

18 Adult lifetime skills: a literature review - gov.scot

19 At what cost: The impact of the cost-of-living crisis - 2022 report

20 Understanding older workers: Analysis and recommendations to support longer and more fulfilling working lives (cipd.co.uk)

21 OECD Skills Outlook 2025 (EN)

22 Section 3: Assessing progress against the targets - Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Progress Report 2025-26 - gov.scot

23 Driver: Income from employment - Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Progress Report 2025-26. Annex A: Child Poverty Measurement Framework - gov.scot

24 Tackling child poverty priority families overview

25 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

26 Executive summary - Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 7: Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) - gov.scot

27 Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Third Year Progress Report (2020-21): Annex B: Child Poverty in Families with a Disabled Adult or Child

28 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2026 - gov.scot

29 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2026 - gov.scot

30 4. Measuring Progress - Fairer Scotland for disabled people - employment action plan: progress report - year 2 - gov.scot

31 Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Third Year Progress Report (2020-21): Annex B: Child Poverty in Families with a Disabled Adult or Child

32 Child Poverty Progress report 2024-25: Focus report on gender and poverty

33 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

34 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

35 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

36 Key Findings - Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 7: Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) - gov.scot

37 Gender Pay Gap - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 - gov.scot

38 A gendered lens to income from employment - Tackling child poverty - progress report 2024-2025: annex b - focus report on gender and poverty - gov.scot

39 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2026 - gov.scot

40 Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2025

41 Child Poverty Progress report 2024-25: Focus report on gender and poverty

42 Get Heard Scotland: The Lifetime Skills Offer

43 The impact of motherhood on monthly employee earnings and employment status, England - Office for National Statistics

44 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

45 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

46 Lone parent families - Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

47 Families with mothers aged 25 or under - Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

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

49 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

50 Poverty in Scotland 2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

51 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2026 - gov.scot

52 Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot

53 State of the Nation 2025 - Vol 1

54 Ethnicity, poverty, and in-work inequalities in the UK | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

55 Poverty in Scotland 2025 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

56 Get Heard Scotland: The Lifetime Skills Offer

57 [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24

58 Key Findings - Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 7: Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) - gov.scot

59 [Archived Content] Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2021-24