1. Note of Meeting of Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum 30 May 2008 – Annex A

2. Brian Dornan Head of Tackling Poverty Team Public Health & Wellbeing Directorate Poverty in Scotland - developing the Scottish Government’s approach Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

3. What do poverty and inequality look like in Scotland? Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

4. Poverty is a couple with two children living on less than £17,000 per year, or a single person living on less than £7,500 per year 1 in 6 people in Scotland are poor, including 210,000 children, 470,000 working age adults and 190,000 pensioners Poverty is defined and measured using income, but the experience of poverty is not just about goods being unaffordable, and the solution is not just fiscal Poverty causes social exclusion and is both cause and effect of different experiences in education, the labour market, health, housing and justice

5. 21% of children are in poverty 38% of households in poverty have someone in work 52% of children living in poverty are in households with working adult 470,000 working-age adults are in poverty (up from 440,000 10 years ago) Not just an area deprivation problem- 77% of people in poverty live outside 15% ‘most deprived’ data zones Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

6. Experience of poverty “I now buy food and bring it home – cooked chicken and things like that, because I’m scared to use the oven because I know it costs too much money. I only use the washing machine twice a week because I’m scared of what it costs” “I’m really panicking about the rise in gas and electricity prices – and food is now a problem for me too. I am struggling to put food on the table after paying the bills” (source: JRF, “Voices of People Experiencing Poverty in Scotland” 2007) Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

7. Source: Eurostat. 2006 data. Scotland added.

9. The poorest tenth of the population receive 2% of the country's total income The second poorest tenth receive 4% The third poorest tenth receive 8% The bottom three deciles combined receive 14% - this has not changed in ten years The Solidarity Target aims to change this In contrast: The richest tenth have 30% The top three deciles receive over 50% of all income Inequality Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

10. Source: Scottish House Condition Survey 2005/06

12. The Government Economic Strategy and poverty/ Solidarity The strategic approach to delivering the Government’s purpose: “To focus the Government and public services on creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.” Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

13. Monitoring Progress

14. Purpose Target: Solidarity : Increase overall income and the proportion of income earned by the three lowest income deciles as a group by 2017 National Indicator 14: Poverty Decrease the proportion of individuals living in private households with an equivalised income of less than 60% of the UK median before housing costs Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team

15. Prevention of poverty and tackling root causes Helping to lift people out of poverty Alleviating the impact of poverty Next steps: Consultation runs to end June Anti-Poverty Framework to be published this year Key Areas for Action: Social Inclusion: Tackling Poverty Team