Carer benefits evaluation: phase 1 - annex A - mixed methods research
This externally commissioned report by social research contractor The Lines Between details the findings of fieldwork conducted as part of Phase 1 of the carer benefits programme of evaluation
Footnotes
1 Social Security Scotland - Carer Support Payment statistics to September 2025
2 This is the 2025-26 rate. The amount uprates every April.
3 Again, this is the 2025-26 rate.
4 Social Security Scotland - Carer Support Payment statistics to September 2025
5 Ibid.
6 ‘Overlapping benefits’ are benefits that cannot be paid in full at the same time because they are for the same purpose.
7 Please note that these clients described their applications as unsuccessful because they do not receive any payments from Carer Support Payment as they receive the state pension. It is likely that they were awarded Carer Support Payment with underlying entitlement e.g. payments at £0 value.
8 The ethnicity categories are presented in this way to align with Social Security Scotland’s reporting style. For the purposes of the analysis presented here, ‘White’ includes ‘White: Scottish’, ‘White - Other British’, ‘White – Irish’, ‘White - Gypsy Traveller’, ‘White – Polish’, ‘White – Roma’, ‘White – Showman/Showwoman’ and ‘White: Other’.
‘Minority Ethnic’ includes 'Mixed or multiple ethnic groups', 'Asian, Scottish Asian or British Asian', 'African, Scottish African or British African', 'Caribbean or Black', 'Arab, Scottish Arab or British Arab' or any other ethnic groups.
9 Phase 2 of the Carer Benefits Evaluation will look at these medium-term outcomes in more detail.
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