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News - 21 February 2024
Helping people pay for costs of a funeralFuneral Support Payment provides eligible people with financial support to help pay for a partner, child, parent or sibling's funeral.
Resources - 21 February 2024
Funeral Support Payment translated social postsIn this seventh edition of our newsletter, we are sharing updates about recently published reports and other completed projects. It also provides information about ongoing and upcoming opportunities to get involved in our research. Thank you to all of our members who have recently joined or extended their membership, we now have over 8,000 members. And thank you to everyone who has taken part in our research projects.
High level information on Funeral Support Payments, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to 30 September 2023.
This report covers feedback (complaints, compliments, and suggestions) received by Social Security Scotland since it was introduced on 4 September 2018, until 30 September 2023. The benefits included within the time period covered by the report are: Carer’s Allowance Supplement, Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods, Funeral Support Payment, Young Carer Grant, Job Start Payment, Child Winter Heating Payment, Scottish Child Payment, Child Disability Payment, Adult Disability Payment and Winter Heating Payment.
News - 4 December 2023
Support for people facing bereavementDuring National Grief Awareness week, we want to highlight the services and benefits available from Social Security Scotland, which may help to ease financial worry and reduce paperwork for people.
This page lists the benefits that we are currently delivering and how to find out more about eligibility. To find out more about these benefits or to apply for them, please visit mygov.scot/benefits. People can find out about all the help that may be available to them on mygov.scot.
Resources - 1 April 2024
Funeral Support Payment ResourcesNews - 20 November 2023
£641 million in support paid out across 13 benefits in 2022-2023Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which show that it made £641 million in direct payments across 13 benefits from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
High level information on Funeral Support Payments, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to 30 June 2023.