HOW THE STANDARDS ARE IMPLEMENTED: THE ‘PROCESS’ Implementation and Regulators Resource evaluation of public allocation and policy expenditure HM Treasury Public Expenditure; PESA; UK Government policy: Budget welfare reform; Income tax announcements; Britain SMC rates and personal Office for Budget allowances Responsibility; Cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms Children’s England Poverty Strategy Commissioner; SMC As above; Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Children’s Scotland budget and final Scotland 2014–17 Commissioner budget (Scotland) As above; Final Tackling Poverty Action Plan; budget and first and Children’s Wales Child Poverty Strategy for second Commissioner Wales supplementary budgets (Wales) Housing (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Housing conditions, including homelessness and overcrowding, housing benefits, housing tenure, and housing for Gypsies/ Travellers and disabled people, is a good indicator to assess how the right to an adequate standard of living is respected, protected and fulfilled. TOPICS Homelessness Overcrowding and suitable accommodation Housing benefits Housing tenure
HOW THE STANDARDS ARE IMPLEMENTED: THE ‘PROCESS’ Implementation and evaluation of public policy Regulators Resource allocation and expenditure Britain UK Government policy: welfare reform; Income tax rates and personal allowances SMC HM Treasury Public Expenditure; PESA; Budget announcements; Office for Budget Responsibility; Cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms England Poverty Strategy Children’s Commissioner; SMC Scotland Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland 2014–17 Children’s Commissioner As above; Draft budget and final budget (Scotland) Wales Tackling Poverty Action Plan; Child Poverty Strategy for Wales Children’s Commissioner As above; Final budget and first and second supplementary budgets (Wales) Housing (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Housing conditions, including homelessness and overcrowding, housing benefits, housing tenure, and housing for Gypsies/ Travellers and disabled people, is a good indicator to assess how the right to an adequate standard of living is respected, protected and fulfilled. TOPICS Homelessness Overcrowding and suitable accommodation Housing benefits Housing tenure