Publication - Impact assessment

Carer Support Payment: island communities impact assessment

Published: 4 September 2023
From: Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Part of: Communities and third sector, Equality and rights
ISBN: 9781835212912

This island communities impact assessment (ICIA) considers the potential impact of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 on Scottish island communities.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. When the consultation launched, our working title for the new benefit was ‘Scottish Carer’s Assistance’. Since then, we have worked with carers, carer organisations and our Experience Panel members to choose and test a preferred name for the new benefit. We can confirm that the chosen name for the benefit replacing Carer’s Allowance in Scotland will be ‘Carer Support Payment’.

2. See Social Security Experience Panels – designing the benefits transfer process report

3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (2022) Financial Memorandum (paragraph 72).

4. Jackie Drake successfully argued that the exclusion of married women from Carer’s Allowance, where married men residing with their wives were not excluded, constituted a clear example of direct discrimination on the grounds of sex.

5. Carer's Allowance Supplement, April eligibility date 2023: statistics published in August 2023

6. Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 April 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Most respondents to our 2016 consultation on social security, supported the goal we set for Scottish Carer's Assistance, that it would be 'not a payment for care [but] provide some financial support and recognition for those who choose to, or who have had to give up or limit their employment or study because of caring responsibilities'. (further details in Analysis of written responses to the consultation on social security in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot))

8. Carer’s Allowance is an ‘income-replacement’ benefit so carers may not be earning more than £132 per week (2022/23 rate) from employment, after tax, National Insurance and some expenses. More information on is available at: Carer's Allowance: Eligibility

9. Scottish Carer’s Assistance discussion paper

10. National Carers Strategy

11. After deductions

12. Carer’s Allowance Supplement will continue to be paid in the same way as now until we safely and securely transfer the awards of carers in Scotland receiving Carer’s Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to Social Security Scotland .Consequential amendments will provide necessary provisions for CAS to be paid to those getting CSP as well as CA until case transfer is complete

13. National Islands Plan Survey

14. Executive Summary - National Islands Plan Survey: final report

15. Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

16. Rural Scotland Key Facts 2015 - People and Communities Services and Lifestyle Economy and Enterprise

17. Population Projections for Scottish Areas (2018-based) | National Records of Scotland

18. Carers Trust - Experiences of Older Adult Carers in Scotland

19. Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

20. Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

21. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy - October 2021

22. Supporting documents - National Islands Plan Survey: final report

23. Exploring the UK’s digital divide - Office for National Statistics

24. Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research: The Digital Divide: what does the research tell us?