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Consultation response

Adult disability payment consultation

21 October 2021
CPAG in Scotland’s response to SCOSS’ request for views on the draft Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations
Consultation response Scotland
Report

Access to universal credit for refugees and their families

18 October 2021
This report highlights findings from the Early Warning System and meetings with organisations supporting refugees about experiences of claiming universal credit and some of the difficulties encountered.
Benefits for people from abroad Early warning system (Scotland) Report Universal credit Scotland
Report

London Calling: "Stretched too far"

15 October 2021
This report pulls together the views and experiences shared by parents and young people in the capital during the first year of the London Calling project. It looks at the key barriers to a good quality of life for children and families living on a low income in London in 2021, examines the effect of the pandemic on these barriers, and sets out what CPAG’s panel of low-income parents in London want the future to look like for themselves and their families.
Childcare Coronavirus Costs and spending Education Report UK Universal credit London
Briefing

CPAG's submission to the Spending Review

08 October 2021
​​We are making recommendations to the government as part of its Spending Review.
Benefit cap Benefit levels Briefing Childcare Children’s benefits Free school meals Two child limit UK Universal credit
Briefing

After the cut - what now for families?

06 October 2021
A new report in response to the £20 cut to universal credit looking at the impact of the cut in Scotland, what now for families affected and what policy changes are needed as a result of the cut.
Briefing Ending child poverty Scottish child payment Universal credit Scotland
Briefing

KEEPING THE LIFELINE - A CALL TO CANCEL THE CUT TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT DEBATE BRIEFING

27 September 2021
A briefing for the Scottish Parliament debate on Keeping the Lifeline - A Call To Cancel The Cut To Universal Credit
Benefit levels Briefing Scotland
Report

Universal credit and access to justice: applying the law automatically

20 September 2021
This report focuses on some of the problems UC claimants are experiencing both making a claim for UC and receiving accurate payments, which appear to be caused by the digitalisation and automation of the UC system. Claimants who have specific life circumstances are experiencing similar problems because the UC computer system seems unable to calculate their UC payment correctly and in accordance with the law.
Benefit delivery Benefits for people from abroad Carers Housing Mandatory reconsideration and appeals Report UK Universal credit
Briefing

A minimum income guarantee in Scotland

14 September 2021
What is a minimum income guarantee? There are numerous models that have been proposed, but the general idea is that everyone should be entitled to a minimum level of income. In Scotland, it has been suggested that this level should be set with reference to a minimum income standard. However, it is often assumed that this guarantee can only be delivered by some kind of means-tested payment to lift incomes up to the threshold, but as we shall see this minimum can actually be achieved in a number of ways.
Benefit delivery Benefit levels Briefing Child poverty strategies Secure futures UK Scotland
Report

Importance of the £20 a week Universal Credit increase in mitigating social security losses to families since 2010

06 September 2021
This report presents analysis by CPAG, commissioned by Action for Children, on the importance of the £20 increase in mitigating the damage caused by social security losses over the previous decade for a typical working family.
Report UK Universal credit
Report

Fixing Lunch: The case for expanding free school meals

31 August 2021
Free school meal (FSM) provision has been thrust into the media spotlight during the pandemic. But how widespread is FSM coverage? How do parents feel about FSM provision? And what do they think could be done to improve it?
Benefit levels Coronavirus Cost of the school day Education Free school meals Report UK