Question reference: S5W-36242
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 12 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Dundee have received each of the social security benefits administered by Social Security Scotland in each year since 2016, also broken down by the total amount administered through each of the benefits.
Answer
Social Security Scotland was established in September 2018.
The number of carers in receipt of Carer's Allowance Supplement in Dundee City by financial year are:
Carers in receipt of Carer’s Allowance Supplement | ||||
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | Total since September 2018 | |
Carer's Allowance Supplement | 2,785 | 2,885 | 2,925 | 3,700 |
The amount of Carer’s Allowance Supplement paid in Dundee City by financial year is:
Value of payments (£) | ||||
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | Total since September 2018 | |
Carer's Allowance Supplement | 1,125,000 | 1,197,000 | 1,884,000 | 4,207,000 |
The number of applications authorised for payment in Dundee City by financial year and benefit are:
Applications authorised for payment 1 | ||||
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 (up to published date) | Total since September 2018 | |
Best Start Grant/Best Start Foods 5 | 445 | 3,115 | 1,935 | 5,495 |
Funeral Support Payment 6 | N/A | 125 | 185 | 315 |
Young Carer Grant 7 | N/A | 35 | 60 | 95 |
Job Start Payment 8 | N/A | N/A | 20 | 20 |
The amount paid in Dundee City by financial year is:
Value of payments (£) 2 3 4 | ||||
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 (up to published date) | Total since September 2018 | |
Best Start Grant/Best Start Foods 5 | 155,100 | 859,378 | 716,591 | 1,731,069 |
Funeral Support Payment 6 | N/A | 205,332 | 359,210 | 564,542 |
Young Carer Grant 7 | N/A | 10,800 | 17,965 | 28,765 |
Job Start Payment 8 | N/A | N/A | 5,650 | 5,650 |
1. Applications are processed once a decision has been made to authorise or deny the application, or once an application is withdrawn by the applicant.
2. Payments are issued once applications are processed and a decision is made to authorise the application. Data is presented by the date a payment is issued rather than date the application was received or the date of decision.
3. Includes payments that are a result of redeterminations and appeals.
4. Excludes a very small number of payments which are made manually to clients
5. Data is published up to 30 November 2020
6. Data is published up to 31 December 2020
7. Data is published up to 31 January 2021
8. Data is published up to 31 December 2020
N/A = Some benefits do not have costs in 2018/19 or 2019/20 as they were not devolved or had not launched at this time.
People may be authorised for more than one payment across more than one year or benefit, so it is not possible to sum these figures to give a total view of how many people are supported in total.
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/
Statistics on decisions and payments of Scottish Child Payment will be included in the official statistics publication on 11 May 2020.