The Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grant and Carer Support Payment) (Miscellaneous Amendment and Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2025: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the draft Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grant and Carer Support Payment) (Miscellaneous Amendment and Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
Contents
- Document Cover
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Carer Additional Person Payment
- 3. Scottish Carer Supplement
- 4. Single benefit with three components
- 5. Extension of Young Carer Grant to 19-year-olds
- 6. Extending the bereavement run-on
- 7. Breaks in care
- 8. Other amendments
- 9. Areas for clarification
- 10. Approach to scrutiny
- Annex A: About the Scottish Commission on Social Security
- Annex B: Scrutiny timeline
9. Areas for clarification
9.1 When an increase in entitlement starts
There appears to be an error in paragraph numbering in draft regulation 3(15)(c) which amends regulation 28 (when an increase in amount of entitlement takes effect).
Recommendation 14: Draft regulation 3(15)(c) amends ‘paragraph (1)(b)(i)’ but it should amend paragraph (1)(a)(i) of regulation 28.
9.2 Bereavement run-on of Carer Additional Person Payment
Regulation 16(4A) (amended by draft regulation 3(9)) provides for a bereavement run-on of Carer Additional Person Payment. It provides for the run-on to last for 12 weeks or to end sooner if the carer no longer satisfies certain qualifying conditions. The drafting of this provision should not include continuing to meet the condition in regulation 14B(1)(b) to be providing care.
Recommendation 15: Draft regulation 3(9) amending regulation 16(4A) should be amended to remove reference to meeting qualifying conditions relating to caring for the person who has died.