Statistics and research

Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 December 2019

Information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 31 December 2019 and Best Start Foods from 12 August 2019 to 31 December 2019.

Type: Statistics
Date: 11 February 2020

Part of:: Social Security Scotland statistics: publications

Scottish local government finance statistics 2017-18: workbooks

Source data workbooks for 2017-18 LFR and CR final. Please note these files were revised on 27 February 2020.

Type: Statistics
Date: 10 February 2020

Part of:: Local government finance statistics

Social security assistance - effects of inflation: report

A report on the impact of inflation on devolved social security assistance as required under section 77 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 07 February 2020

Communities Scotland: research publications

Link to archived reports and Precis published by Communities Scotland, which was abolished in 2008.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 28 January 2020

Homelessness in Scotland: update to 30 September 2019

This bulletin provides information on local authority homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes in the period from 1 April to 30 September 2019.

Type: Statistics
Date: 28 January 2020

Part of:: Homelessness statistics

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020: A place in time (comic)

A comic about the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Type: Statistics
Date: 28 January 2020

Part of:: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020: introduction

This booklet provides an overview of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 - a tool for identifying the places where people are experiencing disadvantage across different aspects of their lives.

Type: Statistics
Date: 28 January 2020