Social Security Benefits: Scotland
(asked on 23rd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on changing the benefit sanctions regime in Scotland.
This question was answered on 2nd July 2015
I meet regularly with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to discuss a wide range of welfare related matters. The Government believes that unemployment benefits must be conditional on recipients taking action to find work if we are to maintain confidence in the welfare system. This is a view shared by most practitioners and the Scottish Government’s own Expert Group.