Statistics collections page
Our statistics publications are separated into three sections:
- Social Security Scotland benefits
- Department for Work and Pensions benefits
- Statistics about our organisation and how it works
More information on how we create and use statistics can be found on our About Statistics page.
Social Security Scotland benefits
Adult Disability Payment
Adult Disability Payment is extra money to help you if you have a disability or long-term health condition that affects your everyday life.
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 January 2024
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 October 2023
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 July 2023
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 April 2023
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 January 2023
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 October 2022
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 July 2022
- Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 April 2022
- Adult Disability Payment pilot applications
Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods
Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods are payments that help towards the costs of being pregnant or looking after a child.
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 December 2023
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 June 2023
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 March 2023
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 November 2022
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 August 2022
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 May 2022
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 28 February 2022
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 November 2021
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 August 2021
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 May 2021
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 28 February 2021
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 November 2020
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 August 2020
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 May 2020
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 March 2020
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 December 2019
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 30 September 2019
- Best Start Grant: high level statistics to 30 June 2019
- Best Start Grant: high level statistics to 31 May 2019
- Best Start Grant: high level statistics to 28 February 2019
Carer Support Payment and Carer Allowance Supplement
Carer Support Payment is money to help you if you’re a carer. You can apply for Carer Support Payment now if you live in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross or the Western Isles.
In all other areas of Scotland, carers can apply for Carer’s Allowance from the DWP.
- Carer Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2024
- Carer Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2023
- Benefits for Carers and Disability Assistance at November 2023 : summary statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2023
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2023
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2022
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2022
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2021
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2021
- Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2020 and Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance at August 2020: statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at February 2020 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2020: statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at August 2019 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2019: statistics
- Carer's Allowance at February 2019 and Carer's Allowance Supplement April 2019 eligibility date
- Carer’s Allowance at November 2018 and Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2018
Child Disability Payment
Child Disability Payment provides support for the extra costs that a disabled child might have.
Child Disability Payment replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children and young people living in Scotland.
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2024
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2023
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2023
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2023
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2021
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2022
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2022
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2022
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2021
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 21 November 2021
- Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 August 2021
Child Winter Heating Payment
Child Winter Heating Payment used to be called Child Winter Heating Assistance.
It’s a payment to help disabled children and young people and their families with increased heating costs over winter.
- Child Winter Heating Assistance statistics: Winter 2022/2023
- Child Winter Heating Assistance statistics: Winter 2021/2022
- Child Winter Heating Assistance statistics: Winter 2020/2021
Funeral Support Payment
Funeral Support Payment helps pay for funeral costs if you live in Scotland.
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2023
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2023
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2023
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2022
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2022
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2022
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2022
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2021
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2021
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2021
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2021
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2020
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2020
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2020
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2020
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 January 2020
- Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 31 October 2019
Job Start Payment
Job Start Payment helps young people in Scotland with the cost of starting a new job.
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2023
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2022
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2022
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2022
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2022
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2021
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2021
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2021
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2021
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2020
- Job Start Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2020
Scottish Child Payment
Scottish Child Payment helps towards the costs of supporting a family.
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2023
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2023
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2023
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2022
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2022
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2022
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2022
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2021
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2021
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 30 June 2021
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 March 2021
- Scottish Child Payment: high level statistics to 31 December 2020
Young Carer Grant
Young Carer Grant is a yearly payment for young carers in Scotland aged 16, 17, and 18.
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 April 2023
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 January 2023
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 October 2022
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 July 2022
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 April 2022
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 January 2022
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 October 2021
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 July 2021
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 April 2021
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 January 2021
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 October 2020
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 31 July 2020
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 April 2020
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 29 February 2020
- Young Carer Grant: high level statistics to 30 November 2019
Winter Heating Payment
Winter Heating Payment provides consistent and dependable annual support to assist low-income households with their heating expenses each winter. This includes older people, disabled people and families who are responsible for children under the age of five or disabled children.
Department for Work and Pensions benefits
Benefits for carers and disability assistance
We publish the Scottish statistics on Carer's Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance.
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2023
- Benefits for Carers and Disability Assistance at May 2023 : summary statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2023
- Benefits for Carers and Disability Assistance at November 2022 : summary statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2022
- Benefits for carers and disability assistance at May 2022: summary statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2022
- Benefits for Carers and Disability Assistance at November 2021: Summary Statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2021
- Benefits for carers and disability assistance at May 2021: summary statistics
- Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2021
- Benefits for carers and disability assistance at November 2020: summary statistics
- Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2020 and Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance at August 2020: statistics
- Benefits for carers and disability assistance at May 2020: summary statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at February 2020 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2020: statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at November 2019: summary statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at August 2019 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to October eligibility date 2019: statistics
- Carer’s Allowance at May 2019: summary statistics
- Carer's Allowance at February 2019 and Carer's Allowance Supplement April 2019 eligibility date
- Carer's Allowance Supplement - April eligibility date 2018
- Carer’s Allowance at November 2018 and Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2018
Personal Independence Payment
We publish the Scottish statistics on Personal Independence Payment every 3 months.
- Personal Independence Payment to January 2024: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to October 2023: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to July 2023: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to April 2023: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to January 2023: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to October 2022: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment to July 2022: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at April 2022: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at January 2022: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at October 2021: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at July 2021: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at April 2021: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at January 2021: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at October 2020: summary statistics
- Personal Independence Payment at July 2020: summary statistics
Statistics about our organisation and how it works
Analytical performance report
Annual summary of our performance
Client diversity and equalities analysis
Information on client diversity and equality.
- Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to March 2023
- Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021
- Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to November 2020
- Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2020
- Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to December 2019
Social Security Scotland feedback statistics
Statistics about complaints, compliments and suggestions.
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 30 September 2023
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 31 March 2023
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 30 September 2022
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 31 March 2022
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 30 September 2020
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 31 March 2020
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 31 December 2019
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 30 September 2019
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 30 June 2019
- Social Security Scotland feedback statistics to 31 March 2019
Workforce information
Information about our workforce.
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: December 2023
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: September 2023
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: June 2023
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: March 2023
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: December 2022
- Social Security Scotland – Workforce Information: September 2022
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: June 2022
- Social Security Scotland – workforce information: March 2022
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: December 2021
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: September 2021
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: June 2021
- Social Security Scotland - workforce Information: March 2021
- Social Security Scotland - workforce Information: December 2020
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: September 2020
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: June 2020
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: March 2020
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: December 2019
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: September 2019
- Social Security Scotland - workforce information: June 2019