Publications

This Official Statistics publication presents quarterly data on the Social Security Scotland’s workforce. 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 September 2022, published in December 2022.

High level information on applications and payments for Job Start Payment up to 30 September 2022.

High level information on Funeral Support Payments, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to 30 September 2022.

Updated statistics for Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance claimants in Scotland. Statistics are broken down by characteristics such as gender, age, duration of claim and entitlement. Further breakdowns are available on the Stat-Xplore website.

Information on applications and payments for Child Disability Payment from 26 July 2021 to 30 September 2022.

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 publication includes responses from clients who interacted with Social Security Scotland between April 2021 and March 2022. The results are being used to measure how Social Security Scotland is performing and where it can improve. A summary version of the report is also available.

Information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 31 August 2022 and Best Start Foods from 12 August 2019 to 31 August 2022.

This publication provides information on recipients of Adult Disability Payment. This publication covers payments issued to 31 July 2022.

High level information on Young Carer Grant, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to 31 July 2022.