Scottish Carer's Assistance: discussion paper

Annex B: Key evidence

The three proposed aims have been developed through a range of work with carers and stakeholders as well as wider research and evidence. Some of the key sources are provided below. These are presented in order of publication.

• The take-up of Carer's Allowance: a feasibility study, Berthoud, R, 2010 https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/publications/working-papers/iser/2010-38.pdf
• Ethnic minority customers of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service: An evidence synthesis. Allmark, P et al. 2010 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214455/rrep684.pdf
• Securing women's futures: using Scotland's new social security powers to close the gender equality gap, Engender, June 2016. https://www.engender.org.uk/content/publications/Securing-Womens-Futures---using-Scotlands-new-social-security-powers-to-close-the-gender-equality-gap.pdf
• Young People Caring OUT There: Experiences of LGBT young adult carers in Scotland, Carers Trust Scotland, 2016. http://www.ep-yc.org/wp-content/uploads/participants-database/sc7.pdf
• Analysis of written responses to the consultation on Social Security in Scotland. Scottish Government, February 2017, https://www.gov.scot/publications/analysis-written-responses-consultation-social-security-scotland/
• A new social security assessment process for Scotland: the views of seldom heard people. Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), June 2017. (https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/policy-into-practice/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Research_report_-_A_new_social_security_assessment_process_for_Scotland_the_views_of_seldom_heard_people.pdf)
• National Carer Organisations response to the Social Security Committee Call for Evidence - Social Security (Scotland) Bill, August 2017 https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Social_Security/Inquiries/110._National_Carers_Organisations.pdf
• Caring for your future research, Carers Scotland, November 2018 https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/news/financial-pressure-of-caring-unpaid-scot-for-a-loved-one-intensifies-over-time
• Overpayments of Carer's Allowance written evidence, Carers UK, November 2018 http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-committee/overpayments-of-carers-allowance/written/93009.html
• Social Security Experience Panels: Carer's Allowance Supplement – letters – April 2019 https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-security-experience-panels-carers-allowance-supplement/pages/6/
• Overpayments of Carer's Allowance, Work and Pensions Select Committee, August 2019 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmworpen/1772/177202.htm
• Draft Carers Strategic Policy Statement (Scottish Government) September 2019. The Carers Strategic Policy Statement consultation closed in December 2019. The consultation analysis and finalisation of the document has been postponed due to the pandemic. https://www.gov.scot/publications/carers-strategic-policy-statement-draft-consultation/
• Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 Benefit Take-up Strategy, Scottish Government, October 2019 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2019/10/social-security-scotland-act-2019-benefit-take-up-strategy-october-2019/documents/social-security-scotland-act-2018-benefit-take-up-strategy-october-2019/social-security-scotland-act-2018-benefit-take-up-strategy-october-2019/govscot:document/social-security-scotland-act-2018-benefit-take-up-strategy-october-2019.pdf
• State of Caring 2019: A snapshot of unpaid care in Scotland, Carers Scotland, November 2019 https://www.carersuk.org/scotland/policy/policy-library/state-of-caring-in-scotland-2019
• Carers Week 2020 Research Report: The rise in the number of unpaid carers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Carers UK, June 2020 https://www.carersuk.org/images/CarersWeek2020/CW_2020_Research_Report_WEB.pdf
• Life After Death: supporting carers after bereavement. Policy proposals by Sue Ryder, Marie Curie and Reform Scotland, July 2020, https://reformscotland.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Life-after-death-supporting-carers-after-bereavement.pdf
• Social Security experience panels: carer benefits - main report, Scottish Government, August 2020 https://www.gov.scot/publications/social-security-experience-panels-carer-benefits-main-report/pages/8/
• Caring behind closed doors: six months on. The continued impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on unpaid carers, Carers UK, October 2020 http://www.carersuk.org/images/News_and_campaigns/Behind_Closed_Doors_2020/Caring_behind_closed_doors_Oct20.pdf
• The Evaluation of Carer's Allowance Supplement, Scottish Government, November 2020 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2020/12/evaluation-carers-allowance-supplement/documents/evaluation-carers-allowance-supplement/evaluation-carers-allowance-supplement/govscot%3Adocument/evaluation-carers-allowance-supplement.pdf
• If not now, when? - Social Renewal Advisory Board report, Scottish Government, January 2021 - gov.scot https://www.gov.scot/publications/not-now-social-renewal-advisory-board-report-january-2021/pages/5/
• Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland, February 2021 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/independent-report/2021/02/independent-review-adult-social-care-scotland/documents/independent-review-adult-care-scotland/independent-review-adult-care-scotland/govscot%3Adocument/independent-review-adult-care-scotland.pdf