Scottish social security system - seldom-heard groups: research

Evidence review setting out the current seldom-heard groups across the Scottish social security system and the barriers they face to accessing their entitlements.


8. References

1. Bangham G, Corlett A (2018) Boosting Benefit Take-up Is Critical to the Success of Universal Credit, but We Might Not Be Able to Measure Whether It’s Working, published in Resolution Foundation.

2. Hoynes H, Joyce R, Waters T (2023) Benefits and Tax Credits: The IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities. Institute for Fiscal Studies; Nuffield Foundation; ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy

3. Scottish Government (2019) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 Benefit Take-Up Strategy October 2019.

4. Scottish Government (2021) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: Benefit Take-Up Strategy - October 2021.

5. Scottish Government (2022) Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard Research Programme.

6. Scottish Government (2023) Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard Programme of Research: Wave 2 Report.

7. Randolph H, Crummey C (2023) Economic Inactivity and Ill-Health in Scotland, published by University of Strathclyde Fraser of Allender Institute.

8. Scottish Government (2023) Economic Inactivity of Young People Aged 16-24: Definition, Reasons and Potential Future Focus.

9. The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (2023) Why is Scotland Spending an Additional £1 Billion on Social Security?.

10. Stastna M, Kapadia D, Clark K, Nazroo J, Ochmann N (2023) Socioeconomic circumstances chapter, included in: Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey, published in Bristol University Press Digital.

11. Spicker P (2020) Social Security Committee Submission.

12. Clegg A, Ghelani D, Charlesworth Z, Johnson TM (2023) Policy in Practice report: Missing out: £19 Billion of Support Goes Unclaimed Each Year.

13. Scottish Government (2022) Take-up Rates of Scottish Benefits: October 2022.

14. Department for Work and Pensions (2022) DWP Benefits Statistics: February 2022.

15. Social Security Scotland (2023) Adult Disability Payment High level statistics to 31 July 2023.

16. Scottish Campaign on Rights to Social Security (SCoRSS) (2020): Benefit take-up report, published by CPAG.

17. Bearson D, Sunstein CR (2023) Take-Up, doi:10.2139/ssrn.4418857.

18. Ko W, Moffitt RA (2022) Take-Up of Social Benefits article.

19. Scottish Parliament Social Security Committee (2020) Benefit Take-Up. 2nd Report.

20. Birt C, Cebula C, Evans J, Hay D, McKenzie A (2023) Poverty in Scotland 2023, published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

21. Cebula C, Birt C (2023) Deepening Poverty in Scotland – No One Left Behind? published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

22. Scottish Government (2023) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22, Pensioners findings.

23. Riddell S (2021) The rights of children from Gypsy/Traveller and Roma backgrounds in Scotland. Hung Educ Res J. 2021;12(1):37-51. doi:10.1556/063.2021.00088

24. Friends, Families & Travellers (2023) Briefing: Economic and Financial Exclusion Experienced by Gypsies and Travellers in England.

25. O’Reilly D, Rosato M, Maguire A (2018) Is uptake of disability-related social security benefits modified by demographic, social and area-level factors? Int J Popul Data Sci. 2018;3(4). doi:10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.745

26. Scullion L (2018) Sanctuary to Sanction.

27. Scullion L, Jones K, Dwyer P, Hynes C, Martin P.(2021) Military Veterans and Welfare Reform: Bridging Two Policy Worlds through Qualitative Longitudinal Research. Soc Policy Soc. 2021;20(4):670-683. doi:10.1017/S1474746421000166

28. SPICE (2019) Benefit Take-up: Summary of Submissions.

29. Age UK (2024) Benefit Take-up and Older People.

30. Independent Age (2023) Not Enough to Live on: Pensioner Poverty in Scotland.

31. Davidge S, Magnusson L (2019) The Domestic Abuse Report 2019: The Economics of Abuse, published by Women’s Aid.

32. Marie Curie (2022) Dying in Poverty: Exploring Poverty at the End of Life in the UK.

33. Stone J, Hirsch D, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University (2022) Poverty at the End of Life in the UK, published by Marie Curie.

34. Inclusion Scotland (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Inclusion Scotland.

35. Howard M (2019) Benefits or Barriers? Making Social Security Work for Survivors of Violence and Abuse across the UK’s Four Nations, published by Women’s Budget Group.

36. House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (2019) Tackling Inequalities Faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities.

37. Biggs H, Hamid A, MacGregor A (2022) Evaluation of Best Start Foods Qualitative Research conducted by Scottish Centre for Social Research.

38. Scottish Government (2023) Young Carer Grant: Interim Evaluation.

39. Scottish Government (2023) Take-up rates of Scottish benefits: November 2023.

40. The Advice Shop, City of Edinburgh Council (2022) Social Security Committee Submission from The Advice Shop, City of Edinburgh Council.

41. Biggs H, Wildman J, Hamid A, MacGregor A. (2023) Disability and Financial Hardship: How Disability Benefits Contribute to the Need for Food Banks in the UK, published by Scottish Centre for Social Research.

42. HM Revenue and Customs (2023) Child Benefit Statistics: Annual Release, Data at August 2022.

43. Wildman J, Biggs H, Hamid A, MacGregor A (2023) Understanding the Drivers of Food Insecurity among Disabled People: A Rapid Evidence Review, published by The Trussell Trust with Scottish Centre for Social Research.

44. Macdonald K, Morgan HM (2021) The impact of austerity on disabled, elderly and immigrants in the United Kingdom: a literature review. Disabil Soc. 2021;36(7):1125-1147. doi:10.1080/09687599.2020.1779036

45. The Glasgow Indicators Project (2023) Child Poverty Priority Groups | The Glasgow Indicators Project.

46. Scottish Government (2021) Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard programme of research: Carers and care experienced.

47. Scottish Government (2022) Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard Programme of Research: Mobile Populations.

48. Scottish Government (2021) Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard Programme of Research: Vulnerable Groups.

49. Young S (2021) How Social Security Can Deliver for Disabled People in Scotland, published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

50. Evans J, Richardson T, Cross K, et al. (2023) The Intersecting Impacts of Mental Ill-Health and Money Problems on the Financial Wellbeing of People from Ethnic Minority Communities, published by Money & Pensions Service.

51. National Aids Trust (2017) PIP and HIV: How Personal Independence Payment Is Working for People Living with HIV, published by National Aids Trust.

52. Age Scotland (2023) Benefits Maze: A Guide to Claiming Social Security Benefits and Grants for Older People in Scotland.

53. Citizens Advice Scotland (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Citizens Advice Scotland.

54. Scottish Government (2023) Tackling Child Poverty: Overview of Priority Families.

55. Refugee Council (2018) Refugee Council submission: Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: Benefit Cap.

56. Scottish Government (2022) Job Start Payment: Evaluation.

57. House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee (2023) Health Assessments for Benefits: Fifth Report of Session 2022–23.

58. Mind (2023) Reassessing Assessments How People with Mental Health Problems Can Help Fix the Broken Benefits System.

59. Social Security Scotland (2022) Social Security Research: Child Disability Payment - Early Experiences of Applicants, Staff and Partners.

60. Bull R, Miles C, Newbury E, Nichols A, Weeks T, Wyld G (2023) Hunger in the UK, published by The Trussell Trust.

61. CEMVO (2021) Social Security Committee Benefit Uptake Submission from CEMVO Scotland.

62. National Autistic Society (2022) Social Security Committee Submission: National Autistic Society.

63. Saffer J, Nolte L, Duffy S (2018) Living on a knife edge: the responses of people with physical health conditions to changes in disability benefits. Disabil Soc. 2018;33(10):1555-1578. doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1514292

64. Sumption M, Kone Z (2023) Unsettled Status? Which EU Citizens Are at Risk of Failing to Secure Their Rights after Brexit? The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.

65. Family Rights Group The cross-party Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care. Family Rights Group.

66. Kinship (2023) Breaking Point: Kinship carers in crisis.

67. Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.

68. Millar C, Pollok M, Ormston R (2022) Scottish Child Payment - interim evaluation: annex B - qualitative research.

69. The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (2023) Why Is Scotland Spending an Additional £1 Billion on Social Security?

70. Scottish Government (2020) Social Security Experience Panels - Ethnic Minorities: Report.

71. British Red Cross (2018) Still an Ordeal: The Move-on Period for New Refugees.

72. Scadding J, Sweeney S (2018) Digital Exclusion in Gypsy and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom.

73. Webb EJD, Meads D, Gardiner C. Changing the eligibility criteria for welfare payments at the end of life – a budget impact analysis for England and Wales. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(1):421. doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06390-8

74. Ministry of Justice, HM Prison & Probation Service (2023) Improving Resettlement Support for Prison Leavers to Reduce Reoffending, published by National Audit Office.

75. Watts B, Bramley G, Fitzpatrick S, Pawson H, Young G (2021) The Homelessness Monitor: Scotland 2021.

76. Mears R, Howes S (2023) You reap what you code: Universal credit, digitalisation and the rule of law, published by CPAG.

77. Scottish Government (2023) New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2018 to 2022: Evaluation.

78. Scottish Government (2019) Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: Benefit Take-up Strategy.

79. Policy in Practice (2022) How Data-Led Take-up Campaigns Could Help DWP Allocate £1.7 Billion in Unclaimed Pension Credit.

80. Independent Age (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Independent Age.

81. Carrick K (2021) Access to Welfare Advice in Schools “Poverty Takes Different Forms One Size Won’t Suit All” published by Improvement Service.

82. Improvement Service (2020) Tackling Child Poverty in Scotland: Examples of Policy and Practice.

83. Harrison D, Wilson R, Graham A, Brown K, Hesselgreaves H, Ciesielska M. Making every contact count with seldom‐heard groups? A qualitative evaluation of voluntary and community sector (VCS) implementation of a public health behaviour change programme in England. Health Soc Care Community. 22022;30(5):e3193-e3206. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fhsc.13764

84. Egan J, Robison O (2019) Integrating Money Advice Workers into Primary Care Settings: An Evaluation, published by Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

85. Naven L, Egan J (2013) Healthier, Wealthier Children: Learning from an Early Intervention Child Poverty Project, published by Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

86. Public Health Scotland (2023) Financial inclusion referral pathways.

87. Sinclair J (2017) The Deep End Advice Worker Project: Embedding an Advice Worker in General Practice Settings, published by Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

88. Schmueker K, Elliot J (2023) On a Low Income, but Not Claiming Means-Tested Benefits | Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

89. MND Scotland (2022) Social Security Committee Submission: MND Scotland.

90. One Parent Families Scotland (2019) Response to Social Security Committee Call for Views on Benefit Take-Up.

91. Biggs H, Shields J, Elliott C, MacGregor A (2020) Interim Evaluation of Best Start Grant: Annex B: Qualitative Research, published by Scottish Government.

92. NHS Scotland (2019) Child poverty in Scotland: Priority groups - larger families.

93. Stewart K, Patrick R, Reeves A (2021) A Time of Need: Exploring the Changing Poverty Risk Facing Larger Families in the UK. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

94. Scottish Government (2022) Using Intersectionality to Understand Structural Inequality in Scotland: Evidence Synthesis.

95. Centre for Social Justice (2023) Home for Good: Housing First for Domestic Abuse Survivors.

96. Office for National Statistics (2023) Scottish Borders’ employment, unemployment and economic inactivity - ONS.

97. Scottish Government (2023) Seasonal migrant workers in Scottish agriculture: research report.

98. Scottish Government (2023) Gypsy/Travellers policy.

99. Meer N, Peace T, Hill E (2020) Displaced Migration and Labour Market Governance in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities.

100. Scottish Veterans Commissioner (2017) Veterans’ Health & Wellbeing in Scotland - Are We Getting it Right?

101. Social Security Scotland (2023) Winter Heating Payment Statistics: Winter 2022/23.

102. Thomson, S., Et al. (2018) Farm Workers in Scottish Agriculture: Case Studies in the International Seasonal Migrant Labour Market, published by SEFARI.

103. Scottish Government (2023) Building a New Scotland: migration to Scotland after independence.

104. Scottish Government (2022) Scotland’s Labour Market: People, Places and Regions - Protected Characteristics. Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2021.

105. Scottish Government (2023) Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: Update to 31 December 2022.

106. Porter I, Johnson-Hunter M (2023) Inadequate Universal Credit and Barriers to Work. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

107.   Department for Work and Pensions (2023) Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020.

108.   Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2021) Social Security Committee Submission: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

109.   Age Scotland (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Age Scotland.

110.   Bell D, Douglas E (2020) Social Security Committee Submission: Bell and Douglas.

111.   Scottish Government (2023) Children’s Social Work Statistics for Scotland for 2021-22.

112.   The Glasgow Indicators Project (2023) The Glasgow Indicators Project findings on disabled households.

113.   The Glasgow Indicators Project (2023) The Glasgow Indicators Project findings on ethnic minority households.

114.   The Glasgow Indicators Project (2023) The Glasgow Indicators Project findings on families with young children.

115.   The Glasgow Indicators Project (2023) The Glasgow Indicators Project findings on lone parents.

116.    NHS Scotland (2020) Child poverty in Scotland: Priority groups – lone-parent families.

117.   Scottish Government (2022) Tackling child poverty delivery plan: fourth year progress report 2021-22 – focus report on households with mothers aged 25 or under.

118.   Scottish Government (2022) Scottish Child Payment: interim evaluation.

119.   Brook P (2019) A Framing Toolkit: Talking about Poverty, published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

120.   Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland (2024) Early Warning System.

121.   Scottish Government (2023) Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland statistics: 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Contact

Email: socialresearch@gov.scot

Back to top