SNP’s Harper asks for update on Carer Support Paymentpublished at 12:58 27 June
Image source, Scottish ParliamentThe SNP’s Emma Harper asks the FM if can provide an update on the government’s work to roll out the Carer Support Payment.
Swinney responds: “It’s the 14th benefit
delivered by Social Security Scotland. It has been available for new
applicants in Dundee city, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles since November 2023.”
He adds that it will operate nationally from November and, on Monday, they completed the
latest phase of the rollout by opening up to new applications in Angus, as well as North and South Lanarkshire.
Emma Harper asks the FM to urge the next UK government to face up to the “devastating” effects that a decade of austerity has had on communities, including unpaid carers.
She asks them to match the “progressive social security ambitions” of the SNP government.
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