Statistics and research

Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2020

High level information on Funeral Support Payments, including statistics on the number of applications received, processed and authorised, as well as the value of payments made up to 30 September 2020.

Type: Statistics
Date: 24 November 2020

Part of:: Social Security Scotland statistics: publications

Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland: as at 30 September 2020

Information on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) in Scotland over the six-month period from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020.

Type: Statistics
Date: 23 November 2020

Part of:: Scottish Government Social Security Statistics Publications

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - UK fiscal path: update - November 2020

Paper setting out the approach the Scottish Government believes the UK Government should follow at its forthcoming Spending Review to support the UK economy and public finances as we continue to respond to the challenges caused by coronavirus.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 22 November 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey - headline results - 20 November 2020

Results from the ONS COVID-19 infection survey from 20 November 2020.

Type: Statistics
Date: 20 November 2020

Part of:: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection survey

Public attitudes to Coronavirus: November update

This report includes some high level findings from recent polling work on public attitudes to the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 20 November 2020

Part of:: Public attitudes to coronavirus (COVID-19)

Scottish Household Survey income analysis

This report is the result of a project that assessed in detail how accurately the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) measures household income. To this end, we compared SHS data to data from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset, the “gold standard” for estimating household income data in the UK.

Type: Statistics
Date: 20 November 2020

Part of:: Scottish Household Survey; Poverty and income inequality statistics

Impact of withdrawing emergency benefit measures

This report estimates the impacts of reversing the £20 per-week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits and reinstating the Minimum Income Floor on Scottish households in 2021-22.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 20 November 2020

Part of:: Welfare reform analysis

Coronavirus (COVID-19): modelling the epidemic (issue no. 27)

Latest findings in modelling the COVID-19 epidemic in Scotland, both in terms of the spread of the disease through the population (epidemiological modelling) and of the demands it will place on the system, for example in terms of health care requirement.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 19 November 2020