Carer support payment priority improvements: impact assessment updates

Footnotes

1 Islands Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA), Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment (FSDA), Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA), Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA)

2 Carer Support Payment amendment regulations: impact assessment considerations - policy note - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Carer Support Payment: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 Equality impact considerations and analysis - Carer Support Payment amendment regulations: impact assessment considerations - policy note - gov.scot

5 Carer Benefits Advisory Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Social Security Experience Panels - Scottish Carer's Assistance: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Carer Support Payment: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8 Home | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

9 Carers Census, Scotland, 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 Social Security Scotland - Statistics

11 Referral – The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 - Scottish Commission on Social Security (socialsecuritycommission.scot)

12 Social Security Scotland - Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2024

13 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

14 Carer Support Payment: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 How Carer Support Payment can affect other benefits - mygov.scot

16 Social security - Scottish Carer's Assistance consultation: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17 CUK State of Caring 2023 (carersuk.org) p.24

18 Social Security Scotland - Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2024

19 Carers Census, Scotland, 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot

20 SuperWEB2(tm) - Table View (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

21 Social Security Scotland - Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 September 2024

22 Young Carers Package – Young Scot

23 Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 (legislation.gov.uk)

24 Scotland’s Census (2011) http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk//

25 Disability_and_poverty_MAIN_REPORT_FINAL.pdf (npi.org.uk)

26 Family Resources Survey: financial year 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

27 New Independent Advocacy Service opens - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

28 State of caring report

29 Young Carer Grant: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

30 Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client and Applicant Diversity and Equalities Analysis for April 2023 to March 2024

31 Supporting documents - Scottish social security system - seldom-heard groups: research - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32 Supporting documents - Carer Support Payment: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

33 Family Resources Survey: background information and methodology - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

34 Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland Client and Applicant Diversity and Equalities Analysis for April 2023 to March 2024

35 Carers Census, Scotland, 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

36 A fairer Scotland for women: gender pay gap action plan, Scottish Government, 2019.

37 Social Security Scotland - Client and Applicant Diversity and Equalities Analysis - April 2023 to March 2024 (socialsecurity.gov.scot)

38 Experience Panels and the Scottish Carer’s Assistance consultation analysis

39 Search | Scotland’s Census - Search by topic (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

40 Search | Scotland’s Census - Search by topic - Topic selection (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

41 Social Security Experience Panels - Scottish Carer's Assistance: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

42 Search | Scotland’s Census - Search by topic - Topic selection (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

43 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

44 The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)

45 Rural Scotland Key Facts 2015: People and Communities, Services and Lifestyle, and Economy and Enterprise

46 Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)

47 older-adult-unpaid-carers-in-scotland-report.pdf

48 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

49 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

50Office of National Statistics - Exploring the UK's Digital Divide

51 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

52 User research for Carer Support Payment - Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

53 Carer Support Payment: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

54 Carer Support Payment: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

55 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot) and Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: Benefit Take-up Strategy October 2021 (www.gov.scot)

56 Carer Support Payment: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

57 Social Security Scotland - Carer Support Payment Resources

58 Scottish social security system - seldom-heard groups: research - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

59 The National Islands Plan: Plana Nàiseanta nan Eilean (www.gov.scot)

60 Carer Support Payment: Island Communities Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

61 The National Islands Plan: Plana Nàiseanta nan Eilean (www.gov.scot)

62 DWP Stat-Xplore https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk - From the limited DWP Stat-Xplore data available, it is estimated that pension-age carers account for less than 1% of the current Carer’s Allowance in-payment caseload

63 Social Security Scotland - Client Survey 2021-2022

64 Carer Support Payment: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

65 Carer Support Payment: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

66 Carer Support Payment - mygov.scot

67 Nations reports 2024 - Ofcom

68 Carer Support Payment: Equality Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

69 Rural Scotland Key Facts 2015 - People and Communities Services and Lifestyle Economy and Enterprise (www.gov.scot)

70 Island Communities Impact Assessment : Young Carer Grant (www.gov.scot)

71 State of Caring Survey 2023 - The impact of caring on: finances | Carers UK

72 Poverty and financial hardship of unpaid carers in the UK | WPI Economics

73 Social security - Scottish Carer's Assistance consultation: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

74 Social security - Scottish Carer's Assistance consultation: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

75 Report on Scotland's Carers - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

76 Social Security Scotland - Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2024

77 Scottish Fiscal Commission forecast, June 2025: Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts Update – June 2025 | Scottish Fiscal Commission

78 Scottish Carer’s Assistance Consultation (www.gov.scot)

79 Social Security in Scotland: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

80 Social security - Scottish Carer's Assistance consultation: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

81 Carer Benefits Advisory Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

82 Carer Benefits Advisory Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

83 Carer Support Payment: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (www.gov.scot)

84 The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)

85 Carer Benefits Advisory Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

86 Social Security Scotland - Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 March 2025

87 Social Security Scotland - Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2024

88 2011 Census - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

89 Carers Census, Scotland, 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

90 Home | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

91 Social security - Scottish Carer's Assistance consultation: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)