Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment

This equality impact assessment (EQIA) considers the potential impacts of the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill on people with protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010


Footnotes

1. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

2. Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. Social Security (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Social Security Administration and Tribunals (Scotland) Bill 2020: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. s1, Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

6. Article 9, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

7. Article 22, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

8. Article 12, European Treaty Series no. 163 – European Social Charter (Revised)

9. s1(b), Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

10. National Performance Framework | National Performance Framework

11. Equality, opportunity, community: New leadership - A fresh start - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. s79, Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

13. Who should apply - mygov.scot

14. Social Security Scotland - Our Charter

15. s1(h), Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

16. Scottish Public Finance Manual - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17. s1(h), Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

18. SSI 2012/162

19. s149, Equality Act 2010

20. Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

21. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

22. Scotland's social security system: enhanced administration and compensation recovery - consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Home - EKOS (ekos-consultants.co.uk)

24. Social security system - enhanced administration and compensation recovery: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25. Social Security Experience Panels - re-determinations and appeals, fraud and special measures for COVID-19: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

26. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

27. Mid-2021 Population Estimates Scotland (Last Updated: July 2022, National Records of Scotland)

28. Mid-2021 Population Estimates Scotland | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

29. AWI_Monitoring-Report_2021-22.pdf (mwcscot.org.uk)

30. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

31. The Scottish Health Survey 2021: summary report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

33. Child Poverty Rates in Families with a Disabled Adult or Child - Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

34. Looked after children - National Care Service - children's social services: overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

35. Survival is not easy - National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum - Cost of living report 2022 (leavingcare.org)

36. s35(6), The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022

37. s24(6), The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021

38. Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

39. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

40. Reforming Benefits Decision-Making: A Report by JUSTICE and the Administrative Justice Council, 2021

41. Has Welfare Become Unfair: The impact of welfare changes on disabled people. A report by the Disability Benefits Consortium, July 2019 has-welfare-become-unfair-full-report.pdf (rethink.org)

42. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

43. Stonewall | LGBT in Britain - Trans Report (2017)

44. Care-experienced Parents Unite for Change | Barnardo's (barnardos.org.uk)

45. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

46. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

47. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 - Supplementary Tables (Last updated: January 2021)

48. Additional child poverty analysis 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

49. Children's social work statistics: 2019 to 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

50. Social Security Experience Panels - ethnic minorities: report, 2020

51. Poverty & Income Inequality in Scotland: 2019-22 (www.gov.scot)

52. Mid-2021 Population Estimates Scotland | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

53. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

54. Scotland’s Carers

55. Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2022 and Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance at August 2022: statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

56. It's hard work being poor - Women's experiences of the cost-of-living crisis in Scotland - November 2022 (povertyalliance.org)

57. Lone parent families - Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

58. Families by family type, regions of England and UK constituent countries - Office for National Statistics

59. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

60. Children's social work statistics: 2019 to 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

61. papworth-trust-disability-facts-and-figures-2018.pdf (papworthtrust.org.uk)

62. Social-security-gender-and-Covid-19.pdf (wbg.org.uk)

63. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

64. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 - Supplementary Tables (Last updated: January 2021)

65. Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Contact

Email: socialsecurityci@gov.scot

Back to top