Scottish Carer's Assistance: consultation
Consultation on proposals for Scottish Carer’s Assistance, a new Scottish benefit which will replace Carer’s Allowance, and be delivered by Social Security Scotland.
Next steps
The responses to this consultation will be analysed and will be used to develop and agree policy for Scottish Carer's Assistance, Carer's Allowance Supplement and Carer's Additional Person Payment. The policy will be set out in draft regulations which will need to be agreed by the Scottish Parliament before the benefit can be launched. Draft regulations will also be shared with the Scottish Commission on Social Security, who provide independent advice on social security regulations, before going to Parliament.
Feedback on this consultation will also inform the work to build the systems and services which will deliver the benefit. However, like all our benefits we will continue to involve carers and the organisations that support them in the detailed work to design how Scottish Carer's Assistance will work beyond this consultation.
We have also asked about future changes which we could make to Scottish Carer's Assistance and your views on these. The feedback on these will be used to develop our proposals further.
Once responses to the consultation have been analysed we will provide a further update on our next steps.
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