Bragg, Sara

Colwell, Jennifer

ROBINSON, CAROL

This project is based on the commitment given by the OCC to undertake ChildRights Impact Assessments (CRIA) on major legislative and/or policydevelopments. It follows the success of the CRIA of budget decisions:Including the 2013 Budget, and the cumulative impact of tax-benefit reformsand reductions in spending on public services 2010-2015 (OCC, 2013).Findings from this report demonstrated that, overall, the reforms had asignificant impact on families with children. Given the significance of thecumulative impact of budgetary changes (CRIA, 2013), there is a pressingneed to determine the impact of recent and forthcoming changes in publicspending. The overall CRIA will include both quantitative and qualitativeevidence, as well as legal analysis. The findings reported relate to thequalitative aspect of the analysis and are based on qualitative data collectedthrough discussions with children, young people and parents/carers.The research aimed to identify and understand how changes to tax andbenefits and in public spending, as outlined in the 2013 Autumn Statementand the 2014 Budget, have influenced and are likely to influence in the futurethe lives of children, young people and their parents/carers. Specifically, theproject focused on understanding:i) The perspectives and experiences of a) children and young peopleunder the age of 16, and b) young people over the age of 162on how tax/benefit changes and changes to spending on public services and facilities have influenced, and are likely in the future to impact on the life experiences and on the rights of children and young people. The perspectives of children and young people relating to ways in which the government could spend money in order to improve the rights of children and young people were also sought.ii) The perspectives and experiences of parents/carers on how changes infamily income as a result of tax/benefit changes, and changes to spending onpublic services and facilities have impacted, and are likely in the future toimpact on decisions they make in relation to housing, employment andspending patterns. Their perspectives of the impact of these changes on thelife experiences of themselves and on the rights of the children and youngpeople for whom they care were also sought. Parents/carers were also askedto consider ways in which the government could spend money in order toimprove the rights of children and young people

Edge Hill University Research Information Repository

Child Rights Impact Assessment of the 2013 Autumn Statement and 2014 Budget

https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/ws/files/21773347/Identifying_and_understanding_the_impact_on_children_and_young_people_.pdf

Child Rights Impact Assessment of the 2013 Autumn Statement and 2014 Budget

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Edge Hill University Research Information Repository