Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many working-age adults in Scotland are currently both not in work and in receipt of benefits.
This information is not held by Scottish Government as a number of benefits are reserved to the UK Government. Employment status is not part of the eligibility criteria for any Scottish Government benefits and as such we do not hold information about the number of benefit recipients who are unemployed.