Publications

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 is the publication of Funeral Support Payment statistics. It covers payments made to 31 December 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 information on recipients of Adult Disability Payment. This publication covers payments issued to 31 January 2024.

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 December 2023, published in March 2024.

High level information on Scottish Child Payment, including statistics on the number of applications received and processed, payment, and the number of children actively benefitting from Scottish Child Payment.

Information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 31 December 2023 and Best Start Foods from 12 August 2019 to 31 December 2023.

Social Security Scotland began taking applications for Carer Support Payment on 20 November 2023. This publication provides information on applications and payments for Carer Support Payment from this date to 31 December 2023.

Summary statistics for Carer's Allowance Supplement, October eligibility date 2023 and Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Severe Disablement Allowance at August 2023.