Scottish social security benefits

Author: Camilla Kidner

PDF Published: Thursday 31 Oct 2019 (SB 19-68)

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- Executive Summary
- Scottish social security: 2017 to 2025
- Universal credit Scottish Choices
  - Scottish Choices and APAs
  - Take-up of Scottish Choices
  - Cost of Scottish Choices
  - Review of Scottish Choices
  - Further universal credit flexibilities
- Carer's allowance supplement
  - Amount of carer's allowance supplement provided
  - Eligibility for carer's allowance supplement
  - No application is necessary
  - Challenging a decision on carer's allowance supplement
  - Carer's allowance supplement spend and caseload
- Young carer grant
  - Amount of young carer grant provided
  - Eligibility for the young carer grant
    
    Type of care provided
    
    Qualifying benefits for the young carer grant
    
    Residence requirements for the young carer grant
  - When an application for the young carer grant can be made
  - How to apply for the young carer grant
  - Challenging a decision on the young carer grant
  - Young carer grant spend and caseload
- Best start grant
  - Amount of best start grant provided
  - Eligibility for the best start grant
    
    Relationship to the child
    
    Qualifying benefits for best start grant
    
    Residence requirements for the best start grant
  - When an application for best start grant can be made
  - How to apply for the best start grant
  - Challenging a decision on best start grant
  - Spend and caseload on best start grant
- Best start foods
  - Amount provided for best start foods
  - Eligibility for best start foods
    
    Relationship to the child
    
    Qualifying benefits for best start foods
    
    Residence requirements for best start foods
  - When an application for best start foods can be made
  - How to apply for best start foods
  - Challenging a decision on best start foods
    
    Offences relating to best start foods claims
  - Spend and caseload on best start foods
  - Comparison with healthy start scheme
- Funeral support payment
  - Amount of funeral support payment provided
  - Eligibility for funeral support payment
    
    Responsibility for the funeral costs
    
    Qualifying benefits for funeral support payment
    
    Residence requirements for funeral support payment
  - When an application for funeral support payment can be made
  - How to apply for the funeral support payment
  - Challenging a decision on funeral support payment
  - Funeral support payment spend and caseload
  - Comparison with DWP scheme
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Image: Chart 1: Scottish Choices and APAs

If you got carer's allowance on 15 April or 14 October 2019, Social Security Scotland will pay you an additional £226.20 in June and December. Paid automatically.

Image: Carer's allowance supplement

best start grant: £600 for first child, £300 for other children around birth. £250 at nursery age and £250 around time of starting school. For parents under 18, dependent young parents and people getting qualifying benefits.

Image: Funeral support payment

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Image: Chart 1: Scottish Choices and APAs

Image: Carer's allowance supplement

Image: Best start grant

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