Publications

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.

As a Public Body we are required to assess the impact of our activity. This document shows how the information about our workforce and the communities we serve guided our approach to providing a healthy working environment that supports the health and wellbeing of our people

This publication provides information on recipients of both Child Winter Heating Payment and Winter Heating Payment for winter 2023/2024. It covers payments issued to 31 March 2024 and includes analysis of payments by month, client age, local authority, qualifying benefit, application method, and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) decile.

This publication of Winter Heating Benefits Statistics covers analysis of payments made up to the 8 April 2025.

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.

This publication provides updated information on recipients of both Child Winter Heating Payment and Winter Heating Payment for winter 2023/2024. It covers payments issued to 31 October 2024.

This document is for all Social Security Staff. It aims to provide guidance to our staff by setting out the approach to the preparation, protection and publication of key information. By following the guidance within this document, we can ensure that there is a high level of quality and consistency to the documents published by the Agency.