Report May. 29 2024
Committee: Social Justice and Social Security CommitteeFound: Annual Report of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee 2023 to 2024
Mentions:
1: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) Our next agenda item is an evidence session on the client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination - Speech Link
2: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) —[Official Report, Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 28 March 2024; c 16.]She also said, - Speech Link
3: None We have actively recruited additional resources into the team at Social Security Scotland. - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions a decision made by his Department on a person's eligibility for industrial injuries disablement benefits has been found to be incorrect or unsuitable in the last 12 months.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
We have determined this query as relating to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits (IIDB) disputes, i.e. Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals.
Decisions can be overturned at a later stage in the claim journey for a number of reasons - it does not necessarily mean that the original decision was incorrect. The main reasons that decisions are overturned on appeal are: tribunals drawing a different conclusion based on the same evidence, cogent oral evidence given by the individual, or new written evidence provided at the hearing.
From October 2022 to September 2023 inclusive, 1,100 IIDB Mandatory Reconsiderations were completed. In 100 of these the decision was changed.
Information on First-tier Tribunal appeals is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics .
Specifically, information on the number of appeal receipts, disposals and outcomes of IIDB appeals, can be found in the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) tables: SSCS_1, SSCS_2 and SSCS_3 of the Main Tables.
Report Mar. 26 2024
Committee: Delegated Powers and Law Reform CommitteeFound: Delegated powers in the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 A report by the Delegated
Correspondence Mar. 19 2024
Committee: Social Justice and Social Security CommitteeFound: Citizens Advice Scotland - Client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination and appeals
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) The bill will enhance the Scottish system of social security in line with our social security principles - Speech Link
2: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) security, including the statutory principles, appeals, the take-up strategy, annual uprating and scrutiny - Speech Link
3: None —[Official Report, Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 14 March; c 13.]In the rare cases in - Speech Link
4: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) Security Scotland and DWP benefits. - Speech Link
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Carer Benefits Advisory Group minutes: February 2023Found: Carer Benefits Advisory Group minutes: February 2023
Nov. 03 2023
Source Page: Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessmentFound: Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment
Nov. 14 2023
Source Page: Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: progress report 2022 tp 2023Found: Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: progress report 2022 tp 2023
Nov. 03 2023
Source Page: Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessmentFound: Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: equality impact assessment