The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023: islands community impact assessment

This islands communities impact assessment (ICIA) considers changes to Best Start Foods in relation to the impacts on people living in the Islands under Section 8 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.


Footnotes

1 Nourish Scotland (2016) Living more important than surviving

2 Children's Parliament (2017) What Kind of Scotland?

3 Social Security Scotland (2023): Social Security Scotland - Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 June 2023

4 Scottish Government (2022) Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

5 Scottish Government (2021) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021

6 Scottish Government (2017) SIMD: Rural deprivation evidence summary

7 Scottish Government (2021) Poverty in rural Scotland: evidence review

8 Scottish Government (2022) Scottish House Condition Survey: 2021 Key Findings

9 Scottish Government (2021) National Islands Plan Survey: final report

10 Bailey, N, Bramley, G, Gannon, M, University of Glasgow (2016) Poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban areas of Scotland

11 Bailey, N, Bramley, G, Gannon, M, University of Glasgow (2016) Poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban areas of Scotland

12 Scottish Government, Social Security Experience Panels: publications

13 Scottish Government (2021) The cost of remoteness - reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty: research report

14 Scottish Government (2022) The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report

15 Poverty & Inequality Commission (2019) Transport and Poverty in Scotland

16 Highlands and Islands Enterprise (2016) A Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland: a policy update

17 Scottish Government (2021) The cost of remoteness - reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty: research report

18 Scottish Government (2021) The cost of remoteness - reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty: research report

19 Scottish Government (2021) National Islands Plan Survey: final report

20 Scottish Government (2018) Early years assistance: consultation on the Best Start Grant regulations

21 Scottish government (2022) Improving our understanding of child poverty in rural and island Scotland: research

22 Scottish Government (2021) National Islands Plan Survey: final report

23 Scottish Government (2021) National Islands Plan Survey: final report

24 Scottish Government (2021) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021

25 Scottish Government (2019) Social Security Scotland: Our Charter

26 Scottish Government (2018) Best Start Grant: island screening assessment

27 Scottish Government (2019) The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019: island screening assessment

28 Scottish Government (2020) Scottish Child Payment: Islands Community Impact Assessment

29 Scottish Government (2022) The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: islands communities impact assessment screening

30 Scottish Government (2021) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021

31 Scottish Government (2019) The National Plan for Scotland's Islands

32 Scottish Government (2019) Social Security Scotland: Our Charter

33 Scottish Government (2019) The National Plan for Scotland's Islands

34 Scottish Government (2022) BSF: evaluation

Contact

Email: ben.sutcliffe@gov.scot

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