Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance February 2018

This guidance on the Scottish Welfare Fund aims to provide a framework for decision-makers to promote consistency in decision making.


Footnotes

1. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015

2. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016

3. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1

4. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s5

5. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6(2)

6. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6(3)

7. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(2)

8. The Scottish Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulation 2016 s6.4

9. 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) two or more separate periods within that 9 month period.

10. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/08/5260

11. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s1

12. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015

13. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.4

14. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s7

15. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/12/2912/1

16. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.12

17. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/23134246/0

18. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s3 - 16

19. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s16

20. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s13

21. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/welfarereform/scottishwelfarefund/socialfund/ Briefingnotes/Briefingnoteforprisons

22. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(4)

23. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.10

24. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s 10

25. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s4, s5 and s11

26. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2

27. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8

28. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.11

29. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6.(2)

30. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s2(1)

31. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.10

32. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and s.5

33. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.5

34. 1995 c.18.

35. 1992 c.4.

36. 2007 c.5.

37. 2012 c.5.

38. 2002 c.16.

39. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8 and s.9

40. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015 s.4(3)

41. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and s.3

42. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(a)

43. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(b)

44. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(c)

45. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(d)

46. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(4)(e)

47. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)(a)

48. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.3 and 5

49. 1995 c.18.

50. 1992 c.4.

51. 2007 c.5.

52. 2012 c.5.

53. 2002 c.16.

54. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)

55. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.6(5)(a)

56. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.8

57. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.13(3)

58. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.14

59. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.15

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

61. The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016 s.11

62. See the Scottish Government's separate advice note "Scottish Welfare Fund: Assistance with Housing Costs: 18-21 year olds", available from end April 2017)

Contact

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