Devolved Social Security Benefits

Shows Scottish Child Payment caseload increasing to over 300,000 in 2023, with Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods consistently around 50,000 each.

Shows spending rising from under &#xA3;100m in 2020 to nearly &#xA3;500m in 2023, almost entirely due to increased spend on the Scottish Child Payment.

Shows total disability benefit caseload (for children, working age and pension age) increasing from under 600,000 in 2020 to just over one million by 2030.

Shows total spending on disability benefits increasing from just under &#xA3;3 billion in 2020 to over &#xA3;7 billion in 2030.

Shows total spend of between &#xA3;30m and &#xA3;40m until 2019, then increasing to &#xA3;49m in 2020. Spending on crisis grants increased from &#xA3;6m in 2019 to &#xA3;22m in 2025.