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Consultation response

Response to Social Renewal Advisory Board's call for ideas

25 November 2020
Our submission highlights that children who already faced a higher risk of poverty have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and will be particularly vulnerable during economic recession. Rising child poverty places high costs on society as a whole. It should therefore be of the utmost priority that families with children are able to easily access adequate financial support. 
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Consultation response

SCORSS Submission to Social Security Committee

20 October 2020
The Scottish Campaign on Rights to Social Security submission to the inquiry on the role of Scottish social security in Covid-19 recovery.
Consultation response Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform Scotland

Latest findings from the Early Warning System – July/August 2020

08 September 2020
This briefing includes issues with UC calculations, tax credit claimants migrating to UC prematurely, disabled people financially disadvantaged by the lack of work capability assessments being carried out and migrants experiencing hardship due to restrictions on benefit entitlement.
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ECP briefing: Covid-19 and child poverty in Scotland

27 August 2020
Scotland
Report

SCoRSS report: Beyond a Safe and Secure Transition

20 August 2020
Report Scotland
Report

Impact of COVID 19 on people with disabilities and their carers

28 July 2020
This report focuses on social security issues during lock down, highlighting problems making and maintaining claims without support, difficulties participating telephone assessments and appeals, some PIP awards stopping and uncertainty about whether others would be extended, a number of severely disabled and terminally ill people not receiving additional amounts they were entitled to and a gap in support for some carers.
Carers Coronavirus Disability benefits Disabled children Early warning system (Scotland) Report Scotland
Report

Impact of COVID 19 of families

21 July 2020
This report concentrates on the impact of COVID 19 on families living in Scotland and highlights that many families are struggling financially due to inadequate support from the social security system and/or being unable to work while schools and childcare providers are closed.
Benefit cap Benefit levels Childcare Coronavirus Early warning system (Scotland) Report Universal credit Scotland
Report

The impact of COVID 19 on migrants

21 July 2020
This report concentrates on the impact of COVID 19 on migrants living in Scotland and highlights social security policy and administration has left some migrants with little or no income during the pandemic.
Benefit levels Benefits for people from abroad Coronavirus Early warning system (Scotland) Report Scotland
Briefing

Early Warning System Latest Findings: June

06 July 2020
Latest issues include: overpayment recovery, accidental migration to UC and difficulties for EU nationals in establishing a right to reside.
Benefit delivery Benefits for people from abroad Briefing Early warning system (Scotland) Universal credit Scotland
Report

The Cost of Learning in Lockdown: family experiences of school closures

18 June 2020
To understand how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted children’s experience of learning, we conducted some research through surveys and interviews. We gathered the experiences of 3,600 parents and carers, along with 1,300 children and young people, with an emphasis on the experiences of low-income households. We found that the cost burdens of school closures have fallen most heavily on families already living on a low income.
Children’s benefits Coronavirus Cost of the school day Education Health Report UK Scotland