Child Disability Payment
More People Reporting Disabilities and Receiving Support
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
Increasing numbers of people have received disability support payments in the last 5 years in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
How we forecast social security: disability and carer’s payments
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published: 2021
This report sets out approaches to forecasting disability and carer’s payments. It also sets out the approaches used in policy costings for Child Disability Payment and Adult Disability Payment, the new Scottish forms of disability assistance.