Publication - Impact assessment

Carer's Assistance Regulations 2025: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

Published: 5 September 2025
Directorate: Social Security Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781806430093

Updated child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) for The Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grant And Carer Support Payment) (Miscellaneous Amendment And Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2025.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

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

2 Other qualifying benefits are: Constant Attendance Allowance at or above normal maximum rate with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit; Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension or Armed Forces Independence Payment

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

4 Social Security Scotland - Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2024

5 Scottish Carer's Assistance: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Background, Policy Aims and Proposed Rules - Carer Support Payment: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

8 Social Security Scotland - Carer Support Payment statistics to 31 March 2025

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

10 Get Heard Scotland: Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-up - Report of Citizens’ Panel - The Poverty Alliance

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

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

13 Summary of recommendations and observations - Scottish Commission on Social Security (socialsecuritycommission.scot) - Recommendation 5: The Scottish Government should consider extending Young Carer Grant to include 19-year-olds in non-advanced education who are not eligible for Carer Support Payment in order to address the eligibility gap for this age group from launch.

14 Scottish Carer’s Assistance: Independent Analysis of Responses to Consultation (www.gov.scot)

15 Scottish Carer’s Assistance: Independent Analysis of Responses to Consultation (www.gov.scot)

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

17 Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security syste, p. 21 (www.gov.scot)

18 Poverty and financial hardship of unpaid carers in Scotland (carersuk.org)

19 The 1,000 – 1,500 figure is an estimate as per the number of 18 year olds who are currently receiving Young Carer Grant.

20 scoss-carer-support-payment-nco-response-may-2023.pdf (carersuk.org)

21 scoss-carer-support-payment-nco-response-may-2023.pdf (carersuk.org)

22 scoss-carer-support-payment-nco-response-may-2023.pdf (carersuk.org)