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Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 2 September 2021
Marie McNair
Good morning, minister. You will be aware that carers allowance pays the lowest amount of all the benefits that the DWP defines as earnings replacement benefits. For example, the personal allowance in jobseekers allowance is higher than carers allowance and the jobseekers allowance rate is different from the one that is used to calculate the level of carers allowance supplement.
Is the policy intention for CAS about topping up the amount received by low-income carers to the level of jobseekers allowance, or is it to give the CAS payment to all carers in Scotland who are on DWP earnings replacement benefits? You will be aware that a lot of carers have an underlying entitlement to CAS. What are the main barriers to CAS payments being made to those carers?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 2 September 2021
Marie McNair
Aligning the carers allowance supplement with receipt of the DWP benefit, carers allowance, brings a lot of challenges, as you know. Getting usable information from the DWP on underlying entitlement to carers allowance is difficult. I note that the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s submission to the consultation suggested that council tax reduction data could perhaps be used to identify low-income carers without relying on the DWP. Is that something that your officials have considered?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Interests
Meeting date: 23 June 2021
Marie McNair
I have no interests to declare.
