Publications

Carer Support Payment pilot applications for Monday 20 November to Tuesday 21 November.

High level information on Scottish Child Payment, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to up to 30 September 2023.

Information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 30 September 2023 and Best Start Foods from 12 August 2019 to 30 September 2023.

This report presents the results from the Social Security Scotland Five Family Payment Client Survey.

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 Internal Knowledge Management Hub. Social Security Scotland is looking to procure a platform to store and manage agency guidance needed by staff from the provided Invotra. The Equality Impact Assessment has considered the potential effects of the project and how it impacts on groups with protected characteristics.

We have produced a Guide To Information that sets out the types of information available, how we plan on publishing the information, and if there will be a charge for the information. The purpose of the Guide To Information is to ensure information is available, without the need for a specific request. As an organisation we aim to publish more information pro-actively and to develop an open culture.

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 2023, published in December 2023.