Social security policy research and evaluation: publications

Introduction

The Scotland Act 2016 gave the Scottish Government new powers relating to social security, including responsibility over certain benefits. This collection of publications outlines research and evaluation activity which has supported the development, implementation and evaluation of the Scottish Government’s social security policies.  

Evaluation strategies

• Devolved benefits: evaluating the policy impact
• Devolution of disability benefits: evaluation strategy

Carer benefits evaluation

• Carer's Allowance Supplement: evaluation
• Carer's Allowance Supplement - evaluation: qualitative research (annex A)

Young carer grant

• Young Carer Grant: interim evaluation
• Young Carer Grant - interim evaluation: qualitative research (Annex A)

Best Start Grant and Best Start Food evaluation

• Best Start Grant: interim evaluation
• Best Start Grant - interim evaluation: qualitative research (annex B)

Universal Credit Scottish Choices evaluation

• Universal Credit Scottish choices: evaluation
• Universal Credit Scottish choices: evaluation - qualitative research - annex b

Scottish Child Payment

• Scottish Child Payment - estimating the effect on child poverty
• Income supplement: analysis of options

Take-up

• Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 - benefit take-up strategy - October 2021: measuring take-up of low-income benefits

Related analysis

• Social Security official statistics published by the Scottish Government
• analysis on the impacts of welfare reform in Scotland
• publications relating to the social security experience panels
• Universal Credit dashboard