Social Security Scotland

Our benefits

• Adult Disability Payment

  Extra money to help people who have a long-term illness or a disability that affects their everyday life. It replaces Personal Independence Payment for adults in Scotland that was previously delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Child Disability Payment

  Extra money to help with the costs of caring for a child with a disability or ill-health condition. It replaces Disability Living Allowance for children in Scotland that was previously delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Pension Age Disability Payment

  Extra money to help people who have reached State Pension age and have care needs because of a disability or long term ill-health condition. It replaces Attendance Allowance for people in Scotland that was previously delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods

  Cash payments to help people in Scotland with some of the costs of having children and a payment card for food.

• Scottish Child Payment

  £28.20 every four weeks to help towards the costs of looking after each child under 16 for families who get certain benefits.

• Carer Support

  A package of support for people who care for one or more people including Carer Support Payment, Scottish Carer Supplement and Carer Additional Person Payment.

• Young Carer Grant

  A yearly payment of £405.10 for people 16, 17, 18 or 19 who care for people who get a disability benefit for an average of 16 hours a week or more.

• Child Winter Heating Payment

  A yearly payment to help disabled children and young people and their families with increased heating costs over winter. The current payment is £265.50.

• Pension Age Winter Heating Payment

  A yearly payment to help people of State Pension age pay their heating bills.

• Winter Heating Payment

  A yearly payment to help people on qualifying benefits who might have extra heating needs during the winter. The current payment is £62.00.

• Job Start Payment

  £331.95 for 16 to 24 year olds who have been on certain benefits for six months or more to help with the costs of starting a job.

• Funeral Support Payment

  Money towards the costs of a funeral at a difficult time like this for people on certain benefits who are responsible for paying for a funeral.