Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: Advocacy Services for Social Security tender: FOI releaseFound: surveys, tailored to carers and professionals o Conducted by our UK -wide Contact Centre to ensure independence
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: Democracy Matters Phase 2 Analysis of responsesFound: There was some support for attendees being renumerated in some way, either through cash payment, vouchers
Mentions:
1: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) that members keep their hands clearly raised until the clerk has recorded the vote.The convener has a personal - Speech Link
2: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) As convener, I have a personal vote and a casting vote, and I will again use my casting vote in the same - Speech Link
3: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) On the anniversary of the nation’s independence referendum, that decision simply amplifies the urgent - Speech Link
4: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) For example, if a client is waiting for a Scottish child payment appeal but the Social Security Scotland - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) place to live, through policies such as equal marriage; free personal care for older people; minimum - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) independence for Scotland the nation, but independence for the people of Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) Her parents received the Scottish child payment for her and both her siblings. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) Now, with support so much higher, and with Scotland having returned a pro-independence majority to Holyrood - Speech Link
2: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) Pensioners have one of the lowest pensions in Europe, and the removal of their winter fuel payment is - Speech Link
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) That is simply a matter of fact.I am genuinely sad that, due to a personal appointment, I have not been - Speech Link
4: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) If I have one personal regret in politics, it is that I probably did not spend anything like as much - Speech Link
5: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) , minimum unit pricing for alcohol, a ban on smoking in public places, equal marriage, land reform, personal - Speech Link
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2024Found: Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2024
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2024Found: Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2024
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Research to inform the evaluation of the Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme in the context of the devolved disability benefitsFound: The AVE Scheme is administered by Social Security Scotland and is available to Adult Disability Payment
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels: Legacy reportFound: Following the Scottish Independence Referendum, the Scotland Act 2016 was introduced which devolved
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI releaseFound: Replacing DWP’s Cold Weather Payment with our new Winter Heating Payment, providing a reliable annual