Employment Injury Assistance delivery - next steps: consultation - easy read

Introduction

The Industrial Injuries Scheme (IIS) gives money to people who have become disabled or become injured because of their job. The Scottish Government is planning to replace the IIS with a new benefit called Employment Injury Assistance which will be delivered by Social Security Scotland.

Since April 2020 the Scottish Government has been responsible for IIS in Scotland. It is being delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) until we introduce Employment Injury Assistance. This means people continue to get the payments they need.

This has meant that we have had time to think carefully about IIS. This has taken longer than we planned due to the pandemic and other benefits we have prioritised such as Adult Disability Payment and Scottish Child Payment.

We need your help to make sure that the new benefit works well for the people who get it. There are some questions throughout this document so you can tell us what you think.