
The Carer Support Payment will be the 14th benefit to be introduced into Scotland. A pilot project of the new benefit will run towards the end of 2023 with the new payment planned to begin in the Spring of 2024.
The Carer Support Payment will be the 14th benefit to be introduced into Scotland. A pilot project of the new benefit will run towards the end of 2023 with the new payment planned to begin in the Spring of 2024.
“Social Security Scotland’s approach to disability benefits is a world away from what those of us on the DWP’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) know, and it’s already making a difference”
Several payments delivered in Scotland to people requiring financial support are to be increased by the Scottish Government from 1st April.
83% of assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in Orkney have been successfully challenged by people since April 2013.
“This supplementary payment allows us to get more money in the pockets of carers in Scotland as quickly as possible.”
Benefit fraud accounts for just 1% of money paid in error. £1.05bn is the HMRC’s own fault!
Universal credit traps the already poor into hardship, say charity, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
“disabled claimants receiving Job Seekers Allowance, (JSA), were 26-53% more likely to be sanctioned than claimants who were not.”