A full rollout of the new devolved payment is planned for Spring 2024.
The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will start to replace Carer’s Allowance by the end of this year, with a full national rollout planned for Spring 2024, according to a new progress report on the Social Security Act 2018.
The Scottish Government said this would expand on the previous commitment to a Carer's Additional Child Payment - the delivery of which was affected by the coronavirus impacts on the social security programme. Top Money Stories Today Minister for Social Security and Local Government, Ben Macpherson, recently said: “The level of support we provided in this year totalled £3.48 billion, through payments made by Social Security Scotland and under agency agreements with the Department for Work and Pensions. In 2022-23 our benefits will provide support to over one million people in Scotland.
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