Publications

In this sixth edition of our newsletter, we are sharing project updates, our accessibility offers and news about some research coming up in 2023. Thank you to all of our members who have recently joined, we now have over 5,000 members for the first time. And thank you to everyone who has taken part in our research projects.

The statistics show: numbers of directly employed staff by category numbers of non-directly employed workers by category staff sickness absence staff diversity information location information Quarterly updates to the tables in the publication are released in March, June, September, and December. The latest period is to the end of March 2023, published in June 2023.

Social Security Scotland's Client Survey offers our clients the chance to tell us about their views and experiences of the service they received. The latest summary publication includes responses from clients who had received a decision on an application for Adult or Child Disability Payment between September and December 2022, or completed a Case Transfer to Adult or Child Disability Payment during the same period. The results, including insight into clients' experiences of providing Supporting Information and consultations, are being used to measure how Social Security Scotland is performing and where it can improve.

Quarterly statistics for Personal Independence Payment in Scotland to April 2023

This mainstreaming equality report outlines our long-term, strategic approach to making sure that equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our culture and operations. Mainstreaming is an effective way of making sure that the whole institution is meeting its public-sector equality duty. In Scotland, there is a specific duty within the legislation for public authorities to mainstream equality across their activities.

This is the first publication of Winter Heating Payment statistics. It covers payments made to 30 April 2023. It includes analysis of payments by client age, local authority, qualifying benefit, application method and month. It also includes breakdown of applications by outcome and month, channel and processing times.

As a Public Body we are required to assess the impact of our activity. This report contains information on the Equality Impact Assessment conducted on Social Security Scotland’s Volume Recruitment Project. This project was carried out in 2021-2022 to recruit a diverse range of people reflective of Scotland’s working population through a recruitment partnership, in numbers that enable delivery of existing and planned devolved benefits at the right time for our clients. The Equality Impact Assessment has considered the potential effects of the project and how it impacts on groups with protected characteristics.