Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each local authority area have been supported through each devolved social security benefit.
The Scottish Government routinely publish local authority level information in official statistics publications on each of the devolved benefits, at:
https://www.gov.scot/collections/social-security-scotland-stats-publications/
This latest publications for each benefit include statistics on how many people have received and, where relevant, applied for the benefit by local authority. The publications can be found at:
Carer’s Allowance Supplement to October 2020 eligibility date
Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods statistics to 30 November 2020
Funeral Support Payment statistics to 31 December 2020
https://www.gov.scot/publications/funeral-support-payment-high-level-statistics-to-31-december-2020/
Young Carer Grant statistics to 31 October 2020
https://www.gov.scot/publications/young-carer-grant-high-level-statistics-to-31-october-2020/
Job Start Payment statistics to 31 December 2020
https://www.gov.scot/publications/job-start-payment-high-level-statistics-to-31-december-2020/
Scottish Child Payment statistics to 31 December 2020