Carer's Allowance Supplement given to unpaid carers at the end of the year. The Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee is considering increasing the £231.40 paid twice a year to unpaid carers by doubling it when it is awarded in December.
The committee is seeking views on a Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill that would give the Scottish Government the power to increase the payments in future.
Committee convener Neil Gray said it is looking at ways to ease the economic harm caused by the pandemic that has affected many of the 83,000 carers who currently receive the supplement.
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