The Westminster benefits cuts will hurt Scottish claimants too, even though personal independence payment (PIP) has been replaced by adult disability payment (ADP) in Scotland.  Westminster will be cutting payments for ADP and carers allowance - carer support payment in Scotland - by 11% by 2029-30.

PIP and carers allowance  are devolved benefits in Scotland, meaning that the Scottish government decides the criteria for getting them and the rate at which they are paid.

However, the money for Scottish benefits is supported by block grant adjustment funding from Westminster.

It has now been confirmed that this will be cut as a result of the Pathways to Work Green Paper changes.

According to a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government:

“Both PIP and Carers Allowance have a BGA which is added to the Scottish Budget, meaning that UKG [UK government] reforms which reduce spending on this benefit will reduce our funding. Annex B shows that the forecast BGA for PIP will reduce to £4,270 million from £4,650 million by 2029-30, since the UKG Autumn Budget 2024. The Carers Allowance BGA will reduce to £480 million  from £529 million by 2029-30.”

The Cabinet Secretary went on to say that:

“While these forecasts don’t impact on funding for the Scottish Budget 2025-26, they indicate a difficult fiscal position in future years as a result of UKG welfare reforms.”

What this means is that the Scottish government will either have to find £429 million from its own resources to make up the shortfall or it will have to find ways of cutting benefits in Scotland on a similar scale to the cuts to PIP and carers allowance made by Westminster.

You can read the Cabinet Secretary’s letter here.

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    · 18 days ago
    It’s time for independence labour are a joke!
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      · 15 days ago
      @Marie Totally agree Scotland should become independent.
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      · 18 days ago
      @Marie So is the SNP
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    · 18 days ago
    I am in Scotland, what I want for someone in Glasgow i want for them also in Gloucester or Gateshead etc. The Liebour Party lied, the Tories are not any better and I dont seeing Reform doing much! At this stage I really havent an answer bar emailing Mps and waiting to see these cuts and changes causing mass chaos , if they (the GOVERNMENT) start reversing changes it wont be out the goodness of their hearts, it will be because they will see its costing billions in wasted money and that they have made a pigs ear of it
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    · 19 days ago
    Come on you proud Scots, time to join the fight back, the more of us the better
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      · 18 days ago
      @(No) hope Don't worry I believe most people up here are well aware of the horrendous decisions being made and like me will be doing all we can to prevent it.
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      · 18 days ago
      @(No) hope
      I've been involved from the start, it doesn't have to affect me personally for me to care about fellow disabled.
      Now it will affect me personally my actions won't change, I'll carry on doing what I've been doing - email campaigns and raising awareness everywhere I can.

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      · 19 days ago
      @(No) hope I totally agree with you. It's time for war!! We have to make our voices heard. So far I have emailed my MP, three members of the House of Lords, written "letters to the editors" to five Scottish newspapers, and I'm just about to submit my responses to the DWP consultation. We have to do as much as we possibly can to stop this farcical nonsense. 

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