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Foster and kinship carers - Scottish Recommended Allowance: implementation review
Findings from independent research that was commissioned by the Scottish Government to collect data on whether the implementation of the Scottish Recommended Allowance (SRA) had achieved (or was starting to achieve) its policy intent.
Appendix B - Carers’ level of agreement with statements regarding the future of the SRA
| Statement | Carer Type | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) The Scottish Government should mandate minimum SRA rates across local authorities, but they should still be able to choose to pay above this | Foster | 39% | 41% | 12% | 3% | 6% | 137 |
| Kinship | 29% | 42% | 21% | 5% | 3% | 131 | |
| (b) The Scottish Government should mandate SRA rates across local authorities, which must be the rate paid | Foster | 13% | 27% | 31% | 15% | 13% | 136 |
| Kinship | 17% | 44% | 29% | 7% | 2% | 127 | |
| (c) There should be no legal mandate and local authorities should determine their own allowance rates | Foster | 5% | 6% | 21% | 31% | 37% | 135 |
| Kinship | 1% | 10% | 22% | 30% | 37% | 126 |
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