(See submission from CPAG and FAI for details). 4 • Individual case studies, qualitative research and reports from service users on the individual impact of SCP on families • Trussell and Fraser of Allander Institute, (2024) ‘Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks’ found that SCP reduced the use of food banks slightly among single-adult households with children aged 0-4 and among households in general with children aged 5-16. • Scottish Government (2022) Interim review of SCP found that individuals valued the payments. • FAI referred to forthcoming work from University of York on SCP, work incentives and impact on poverty, Specific evidence referred to on disability benefits included: • ProBono Economics (January 2025) More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits finding an “average annual wellbeing improvement valued at £12,300 per person,” which is more than the cash value of disability benefits. • FAI research into financial disadvantage amongst those with learning difficulties, found that, of the 21 households studies, 9 would have been in poverty without disability benefits. • SCOPE research on the disability price tag illustrating the additional cost of disability.