Additional Costs Of Disability

16th April 2024

The Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre (SPICe) published a blog co-authored by Fraser of AIlander's Chirsty McFadyen and Laura Robertson from the Poverty Alliance on the additional costs of disability. This follows on from a piece of work carried out for the Economy and Fair Work committee that looked at evidence of additional expenditure from survey data and interviews with disabled people.

A figure of additional costs are difficult issue to pin down. Whilst there is consistent evidence of additional expenditure due to disability, this differs from person to person based on a number of factors, including where they live and the nature of their disability. This obviously poses difficulties for trying to assess what level of support should be provided to cover additional costs of disability through devolved benefits such as the Adult Disability Payment.

In summary: "an effective evidence-based policy to meet additional costs of disability will need to recognise that rather than assuming a one size fits all approach will suffice.
Read the full report HERE