Boost to Carers' Incomes in Scotland

Key Points

There is now a clear difference in the support that carers get north of the border. Two new benefits have been introduced to enhance the existing Scottish ‘carer support payment’: ‘Scottish carer supplement’ and ‘carer additional person payment’. Whilst carer support payment is very similar to carer’s allowance – the benefit that remains in place throughout the rest of the UK – the two new benefit…