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This resource supports Local Authorities and NHS Boards with the duty to produce a Local Child Poverty Action Report (LCPAR) using an outcomes planning approach. It is intended to help local partners identify and review activities, help improve existing delivery, and find possible gaps to address.

This briefing looks at the causes of child poverty, which are likely to vary across Scotland. Child poverty is driven by factors including income from social security and benefits in kind, income from employment, and the costs of living, including housing, food and fuel costs.

This briefing looks at the scale and distribution of child poverty in Scotland. Almost one in four children in Scotland was living in relative poverty in Scotland. Current levels of child poverty are not inevitable: they have changed over time in both Britain and Scotland. Projections of child poverty levels in Scotland suggest these are likely to increase unless concerted action is taken.

This overview sets out some concepts and definitions used when thinking about and measuring child poverty, income and other markers of economic disadvantage.

This briefing looks at how poverty can impact on children’s health, education and development, and how this creates inequalities in Scotland.

This review and summary report examines the effectiveness of health and wellbeing interventions in a school setting to potentially reduce inequalities in educational outcomes.

These reports focus on child poverty in larger families. They describe the issues faced by these families and what can be done to reduce child poverty in this priority group.

This briefing explores child poverty and its relationship to health and wellbeing.

This document provides a summary of agreed actions and proposed timescales following the National Advisory Group for Delayed Discharge Information meeting on 12 May 2021 and provides an update as at March 2022.

This review describes the types of interventions used to reduce risk of drug harms, including death, among adults during transition of care and between services.