Welfare benefits
Answer:
Scotland already has systems for collecting tax and paying welfare benefits. These will need to be expanded to deal with the data transferred from UK administrations. Pensions will continue to be paid from government revenue. The details will be worked out in the independence negotiations.
Full answer here: Taxation and welfare payment
The issue of poverty in older adults and the impacts for health and social care
Author / Creator: Gunurra Doe
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Poverty in later life is the scourge of modern society
Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published:
Social security policies like the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) are crucial to reducing both poverty and food insecurity. As such, SCP is a key part of the Scottish Government strategies to reduce child poverty and to end the need for food banks in Scotland.