The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the draft Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
Contents
- Document Cover
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- Executive summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Aims of Carer Support Payment
- 3. Policy changes from Carer’s Allowance
- 4. Employment and earnings
- 5. Carer’s Allowance Supplement
- 6. Older carers
- 7. Future Changes
- 8. Regulations: areas for clarification
- 9. Approach to scrutiny
- Annexe A: External stakeholders
- Annexe B: Scrutiny timeline
- Annexe C: About the Scottish Commission on Social Security
Annexe A: External stakeholders
A1. Written call for evidence respondents
- Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
- Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland
- ENABLE Scotland
- Marie Curie
- National Carer Organisations (The National Carer Organisations are Carers Trust Scotland, Carers Scotland, the Coalition of Carers in Scotland, MECOPP, Shared Care Scotland, and the Scottish Young Carers Services Alliance)
- One Parent Families Scotland
- Experts by Experience Panel of the Poverty and Inequality Commission
- Individuals in rural and island areas with support from the Coalition of Carers in Scotland.
A2. External events held during the scrutiny period
- Roundtable with academics held on 31 March 2023
- SCoSS carers roundtable with hosted by VOCAL held on 4 May 2023.