These are listed below, together with the relevant reserved social security benefits in brackets:
disability benefits (disability living allowance, personal independence payment, attendance allowance, severe disablement benefit and industrial injuries disablement benefits)
benefits for carers (carer's allowance)
payments related to cold weather (the social fund winter fuel payment and cold weather payment)
funeral expenses (the social fund funeral expense payment)
welfare foods and certain payments for maternity expenses (healthy start vouchers and vitamins, nursery milk and the social fund sure start maternity grant)
The Scotland Act 2016 also allows Scottish Ministers to alter the housing costs element of universal credit and change how these payments are made. It devolves power to top...