11 August, 2020 Open access
11 August, 2020 Open access
Scottish Government says that it expects total number to rise to 84,000 once finalised data has been received
More than 80,000 carers received the one-off 'coronavirus carer's allowance supplement' along with their standard payment in June 2020, according to new Scottish Government statistics.
In Carer’s Allowance at February 2020 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to April 2020: statistics, the Scottish Government provides details of the number and value of carer's allowance supplement payments - awarded to people in Scotland who receive carer’s allowance on the ‘carer's allowance supplement eligibility date’ in April and/or October each year - including that -
In addition, the Scottish Government highlights that the total number of payments to people based on the April 2020 eligibility date is likely to be higher than currently reported -
‘… for previous eligibility dates, the number of carers receiving payments has increased by around 5 per cent through backdating of payments to carers that are found to have been eligible for past dates in subsequent scans. This suggests that the number of carers receiving payment for April 2020 could increase by around 5 per cent, or 4,000 carers, as the statistics are updated in future.’
Elsewhere, the statistics show that, at the end of February 2020, there were 78,870 carers in Scotland in receipt of carer’s allowance, and a further 43,803 carers with underlying entitlement - the majority of whom (81 per cent) were 65 or over, so were likely to have been eligible for a state pension with a value equal to or exceeding their weekly rate of carer’s allowance.
Carer’s Allowance at February 2020 and Carer's Allowance Supplement to April eligibility date 2020: statistics is available from gov.scot
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