Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

This Child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) sets out to assess the impact of the Winter Heating Payment on children and young people. It builds on, and should be read alongside the WHP Equality Impact Assessment.


Footnotes

1 See Qualifying Benefits table: Low Income Winter Heating Assistance – Policy Note: Social Security Directorate – Policy Division June 2022 (www.gov.scot)

2 Published responses

3 Cold Weather Payment: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

4 Social Security Experience Panels: publications

5 Social Fund Cold Weather Payments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

6 Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

7 Source: SHCS 2019

8 Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA): Analysis of Consultation Responses: Final Report (www.gov.scot)

9 Scottish Health Survey

10 Scottish Household Survey

11 Scottish House Condition Survey

12 Scotland's Census 2011

13 Equality Evidence

14 Social Security Experience Panels - Low Income Winter Heating Assistance: survey findings

15 Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA): consultation

16 Health and Early Years, Children and Young People

17 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2018-21 - analytical report (data.gov.scot)

18 Child and adolescent health and wellbeing: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19 Addressing child poverty in Scotland: the role of nurses

20 Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)

21 Glasgow Centre for Population Health - Poverty, Parenting and Poor Health

22 the-health-impacts-of-cold-homes-and-fuel-poverty.pdf (instituteofhealthequity.org)

23 Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings

24 The Children's Commission on Poverty

25 Health and Early Years, Children and Young People

26 AWS Fuel Poverty Report

Contact

Email: winterbenefitspolicy@gov.scot

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