S6W-24007

Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact that the UK Government’s reported proposals to replace the additional “limited capability for work and work-related activity” element in Universal Credit (UC) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a new “health element” will have on Scottish social security benefits; what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any such impact, and what action it can take to mitigate any negative impact on people receiving Scottish social security benefits that may result from these proposals.

Answered by Somerville, Shirley-Anne - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice

The Scottish Government is opposed to the proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessments, these changes will lead to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions losing out financially and at risk of benefit sanctions. Under these reforms, Adult Disability Payment must continue to be treated on the same basis as Personal Independent Payment to allow clients in Scotland to access UC health element. We have sought and received assurances from the UK Government that this will continue in the immediate term, pending any future decisions about recommendations made by the independent Review of Adult Disability Payment. Scottish Government officials continue to work closely with UK Government officials to impact potential changes and to protect the interests of people receiving Adult Disability Payment.

Correspondence Jun. 04 2024

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Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) when it anticipates the first payment of employment injury assistance will be made. - Speech Link
2: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) Scottish employment injury assistance advisory council. - Speech Link
3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) conditions across our social security system, so that people do not have their needs judged based on - Speech Link
4: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) They felt that the application system and the assessment process did not work for people with variable conditions - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) By the 1990s, 70 per cent of educators, half of Government workers and 40 per cent of doctors in Kabul - Speech Link
2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) It is for the rest of the world—and the men of the rest of the world—to look around and say that what - Speech Link
3: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) the rights of women and girls, particularly of rights relating to education, employment, freedom of - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) who should be included within the conditions of section 2 and thus have their convictions quashed. - Speech Link
2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) employment but might be through an association with the business, such as ownership of the property - Speech Link
3: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) the bill, as opposed to replacing two of those conditions with one new one, which is, as I have already - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) Condition E is one of the five conditions that has to be met for a conviction to be considered a relevant - Speech Link