Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for Carer Support Payment that were completed in each month since it was launched took (a) 51 to 60, (b) 61 to 70, (c) 71 to 80, (d) 81 to 90, (e) 91 to 100, (f) 101 to 110, (g) 111 to 120 and (h) 121 or more working days to process, expressed as a (i) total number and (ii) percentage.
Social Security Scotland routinely publishes information on application processing times for Carer Support Payment as part of official statistics releases.
The latest statistics covering the period to 31 March 2025 were published on Tuesday 13 May and can be found at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/publications/statistics.
Supplementary analysis, based on the latest published statistics, is provided in the following tables.
Table 1 - The number of applications processed for Carer Support Payment by financial year and processing time .
Processing time | Total | Financial year 2023-2024 | Financial year 2024-2025 |
Total applications processed | 10,375 | 430 | 9,945 |
Applications processed in 41-50 working days | 800 | 35 | 765 |
Applications processed in 51-60 working days | 575 | 10 | 565 |
Applications processed in 61-70 working days | 380 | 5 | 375 |
Applications processed in 71-80 working days | 240 | 5 | 240 |
Applications processed in 81-90 working days | 140 | 0 | 140 |
Applications processed in 91-100 working days | 80 | 0 | 80 |
Applications processed in 101-110 working days | 55 | 0 | 55 |
Applications processed in 111-120 working days | 35 | 0 | 35 |
Applications processed in 121 or more working days | 45 | 0 | 45 |
Table 2 - The percentage of applications processed for Carer Support Payment by financial year and processing time.
Processing time | Total | Financial year 2023-2024 | Financial year 2024-2025 |
Total applications processed | 10,375 | 430 | 9,945 |
Applications processed in 41-50 working days | 8% | 8% | 8% |
Applications processed in 51-60 working days | 6% | 2% | 6% |
Applications processed in 61-70 working days | 4% | 1% | 4% |
Applications processed in 71-80 working days | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Applications processed in 81-90 working days | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Applications processed in 91-100 working days | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Applications processed in 101-110 working days | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Applications processed in 111-120 working days | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Applications processed in 121 or more working days | 0% | 0% | 0% |