Social Security Experience Panels: disability benefit names - visual summary

Social Security Experience Panels members' views on renaming disability benefits when they are transferred from UK Department for Work and Pensions to Social Security Scotland.


About the research

This report gives the findings of the ‘Naming Disability Benefits’ research.

  • The research took place in April/May 2019
  • 1973 invites
  • 278 survey responses
  • The research explored:
    • what people liked and disliked about the current DWP disability benefit names
    • what people liked and disliked about the proposed new disability benefit names and any other suggestions
    • views on words to avoid and use when naming a benefit; and on other proposed name changes
  • Participants were aged between 25 – 79 years old
  • 36% Man or boy
  • 64% Woman or girl
  • 81% lived in an urban location
  • 19% lived in an rural location
  • Participants took part in all 32 local authority areas
  • Most survey participants had a disability or long term health condition (87%), including:
    • chronic pain
    • severe hearing impairments
    • severe visual impairments
  • other kinds of long term health condition
  • More than half (57%) of survey participants were:
    • a carer due to old age,
    • a carer to a child, or
    • a carer to an adult.

This report outlines the views of people who responded to this survey. These may not be shared by all people with experience of the disability benefits.

Contact

Email: socialsecurityexperience@gov.scot

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