Social Security experience panels: carer benefits - main report

Outlines the Social Security experience panel's views expressed in a survey to help design carer benefits in Scotland.

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Footnotes

1. Carer's Allowance Supplement is an extra payment for people in Scotland who get Carer's Allowance on a particular date. Carer's Allowance Supplement is paid 2 times a year.

2. Scottish Government (2017). Social Security Experience Panels: About Your Benefits and You - Quantitative Research Findings. [Online]
Available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/11/7769/

3. Scottish Government (2018). Social Security Experience Panels: Who is in the panels and their experiences so far. [Online]
Available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/10/3083/

4. 17 per cent of the Scottish population lives in a rural area. Scottish Government (2018) Rural Scotland Key Facts 2018 [Online]
Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/rural-scotland-key-facts-2018/

5. 9.9% of people living in UR6 (most rural) and 9.8% in UR5 provide care, compared to 9.1% in UR1 (most urban) and 9.6% in UR2. Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's Carers [Online]
Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-carers/pages/6/

6. Scottish Government (2017). Social Security Experience Panels: About Your Benefits and You - Quantitative Research Findings. [Online]
Available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/11/7769/

7. Scottish Government (2018). Social Security Experience Panels: Who is in the panels and their experiences so far. [Online]
Available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/10/3083/

8. 17 per cent of the Scottish population lives in a rural area.
Scottish Government (2018). Rural Scotland Key Facts 2018. [Online]
Available at: www2.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00541327.pdf

9. Scottish Government (2018). Social Security Experience Panels: Who is in the panels and their experiences so far. [Online]
Available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/10/3083

Contact

Email: Socialsecurityexperience@gov.scot

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