Scotland Act 2016: industrial injuries benefits and severe disablement allowance

Author: Jon Shaw

PDF Published: Friday 18 Aug 2017 (SB 17-52)

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- Executive Summary
- Abbreviations used in this briefing
- The Scotland Act 2016 and the timing of devolution
  - Split competence
  - Severe disablement allowance
  - Industrial injuries benefits
- Industrial injuries benefits before devolution
  - Industrial injuries disablement benefit - entitlement conditions
    
    Industrial injuries disablement benefit - key concepts
    
    Industrial accidents
    
    Prescribed industrial diseases
    
    The role of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
    
    Loss of faculty, disability and disablement
    
    Assessment of disablement for industrial injuries disablement benefit
    
    Rates of industrial injuries disablement benefit
    
    Industrial injuries disablement benefit and other benefits
  - Other industrial injuries benefits
  - Who gets industrial injuries benefits
    
    Changes to the industrial injuries benefit caseload
    
    Industrial injuries benefit expenditure
- Severe disablement allowance before devolution
  - Severe disablement allowance entitlement conditions
    
    Severe disablement allowance assessment of capability for work and disability
    
    Severe disablement allowance, work and other benefits
  - Rates of severe disablement allowance
  - Who still gets severe disablement allowance
    
    Current severe disablement allowance caseload and expenditure
- Proposals for devolved industrial injuries benefits
  - UK Government changes to industrial injuries benefits
  - Proposals for the future of industrial injuries benefits
    
    A replacement for the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council?
    
    Employment-injury assistance and personal injury compensation
- Proposals for devolved severe disablement allowance
- Annexe A: Extract from the Scotland Act 1998
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Image: Figure 2: Percentage year-on-year change in the Scottish caseload for various combinations of industrial injuries benefits, 2019-10 to 2015-16

Image: Figure 3: Scottish expenditure on industrial injuries benefits in cash terms and 2016-17 prices, 2000-01 to 2015-16

Image: Figure 1: Number of new claims for industrial injuries benefits and changes to prescribed industrial diseases, 2006 to 2016

Image: Figure 4: Scottish SDA caseload by age and gender, November 2016

Image: Figure 5: Scottish SDA expenditure from 2000-01 to 2015-16 in cash terms and 2016-17 prices, by working and pension age claimants

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Image: Figure 2: Percentage year-on-year change in the Scottish caseload for various combinations of industrial injuries benefits, 2019-10 to 2015-16

Image: Figure 3: Scottish expenditure on industrial injuries benefits in cash terms and 2016-17 prices, 2000-01 to 2015-16

Image: Figure 1: Number of new claims for industrial injuries benefits and changes to prescribed industrial diseases, 2006 to 2016

Image: Figure 4: Scottish SDA caseload by age and gender, November 2016

Image: Figure 5: Scottish SDA expenditure from 2000-01 to 2015-16 in cash terms and 2016-17 prices, by working and pension age claimants

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