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Up-rating devolved Social Security assistance: multi criteria decision analysis - January 2024
A report setting out a multi-criteria decision analysis of the options available to the Scottish Government to uprate devolved social security assistance in 2024 to 2025.
Annex B: Approaches to uprating across Europe[33]
| Country | Approach |
|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | Assistance rates are not automatically uprated and is a government decision each time. |
| Belgium | Some assistance is automatically uprated by 2% every time CPI index increases by 2%. There is regional variation for some assistance. |
| Bulgaria | Assistance amounts adjusted annually taking into account economic situation and poverty line in year up to uprating. |
| Denmark | Uprate annually by bespoke adjustment rate which is based on wage growth. |
| Finland | Some assistance uprated annually by national pensions index. Caregiver’s Allowance is uprated annually by a weighted index considering wage (80%) and price (20%) inflation. |
| France | Uprate assistance annually in April by CPI (excluding tobacco). Provided an additional uprating in July 2022 because of high inflation. |
| Germany | Assistance is uprated at irregular intervals (up to every 3 years) according to price developments. |
| Greece | Disability assistance uprated annually in January by average of annual change in CPI and GDP. Some unemployment assistance is uprated when the average wage of a manual worker changes. |
| Hungary | Disability assistance is uprated annually in January by forecast CPI rate. |
| Luxembourg | Assistance is automatically uprated when CPI index increase by 2.5% since last uprating. |
| Malta | Some assistance increased annually by bespoke cost of living index. |
| Norway | Assistance uprated annually by CPI or changes in income level, depending on their purpose. |
| Poland | Disability assistance uprated annually by CPI plus 20% of real growth in monthly earnings. Unemployment assistance uprated by CPI. |
| Slovenia | Assistance uprated annually by price index for basic necessities. |
| Switzerland | Some assistance uprated by CPI every two years or earlier if CPI index increases by more than 5%. |
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