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Child Disability Payment is the first application-based disability benefit to be introduced by the Scottish Government and is administered by Social Security Scotland.

Initial management information indicates that, from Monday 22 November to Tuesday 23 November, over 600 part 1 applications for Child Disability Payment had been registered and nearly 300 part 2 applications were received.

This report presents findings from research carried out with Social Security Scotland clients, staff and partners in 2022. The research was designed to provide data for a range of measures in the 2021-22 Charter Measurement Framework. Alongside the Client Survey, it forms a key source of data on people’s experiences of Social Security Scotland. A summary version of the report is also available.

This is a summary of the Charter Research 2020-2021 report.

This report presents results from research conducted with Social Security Scotland clients, staff and partners in 2021.

This framework is a co-designed list of measures relating to the commitments set out in Our Charter. Every year we will collect relevant and available information and data for the measures, put it into the framework and then publish the results.

Updated quarterly statistics for Carer’s Allowance claimants in Scotland. Statistics are broken down by gender, age, duration of claim and entitlement. Further breakdowns are available at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/