Welfare Reform

Universal Credit

Universal Credit fact sheet for drug and alcohol services (October 2013)

Who Benefits ?

Who Benefits logo

DrugScope is part of a coalition of organisations involved in the Who Benefits? campaign. Who Benefits? is a campaign to give a voice to the millions of us who have been supported by benefits at some point in our lives – using real stories to show the public, journalists and politicians the reality of who needs help, why they need it and the difference that it makes. Find out more on the camapign website

Work Capability Assessment - 4th Independent Review

Since the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) was introduced it has been subject to annual independent reviews to which a number of organisations working with people with drug and alcohol problems have contributed.

The focus of the 4th review was on whether things have improved following the recommendations of earlier reviews and where there are still ongoing problems. To provide evidence for this submission we ran two separate surveys – one for organisations providing support or advice to people going through the WCA process, the other for claimants and carers who have had direct experience of the WCA in the last year.

The Work Capability Assessment – A Call for Evidence: Year 4 Independent Review, August 2013. A response from Release DrugScope and Adfam

DrugScope resources

DrugScope met the Social Security Advisory Committee researcher in March 2013 as part of the Committee’s study into the support needs of Universal Credit claimants; the briefing below, prepared for SSAC, summarises issues relating to Universal Credit that are of particular interest to the sector

DrugScope Briefing note for SSAC – March 2013 (PDF)

The implementation of Universal Credit and the support needs of claimants: a study by the Social Security Advisory Committee, SSAC (PDF)

Universal Credit – a brief guide to the Local Support Services Framework - March 2013 (PDF)