Mentions:
1: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) avoid cuts and by taking action to end residential care charges and bring people who have a learning disability - Speech Link
2: Gosal, Pam (Con - West Scotland) My constituent is a single mother with three children who is trapped in a two-bedroom dwelling in Westwood - Speech Link
3: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) The ICO has advised the Scottish Government that it needs to address serious risks of harm to children - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pauline Latham (Con - Mid Derbyshire) It came into force in February last year, and makes it a criminal offence to exploit vulnerable children - Speech Link
2: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) Her dither and delay is a disaster, and it is affecting our children. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend for standing up for, and campaigning on behalf of, parents and children in his constituency. - Speech Link
4: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) 92% of councillors were white, 40% were retired, 46% had caring responsibilities and just 12% had a disability - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) saying that those anti-poverty measures are not working, but it is estimated that they will lift 100,000 children - Speech Link
2: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) Almost 10,000 children are living in temporary accommodation, millions of pounds is being wasted on failed - Speech Link
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) It is estimated that our anti-poverty measures will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.Anas Sarwar - Speech Link
4: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) their homes to pay for hip replacements.There are mothers going without food in order to feed their children - Speech Link
Asked by: Whitham, Elena (Scottish National Party - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to address any long waiting times for applications to Social Security Scotland, in light of reports that nine children have died while waiting for an application for the Child Disability Payment to be processed.
Answered by Somerville, Shirley-Anne - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who sadly died before a decision could be made on their application.
We know some people waited an unacceptably long time for Child Disability Payment and urgent action was taken to address this resulting in improved processing times.
We aim to process all applications as quickly as possible and have an accelerated application process for people who have a terminal illness diagnoses. We urge anyone who is applying on behalf of a terminally ill child or young person to use this dedicated route and ensure their application is given utmost priority.
While we cannot comment on individual cases, there are a number of factors that impact on how long it takes to make a decision including the time taken to gather information to support an application from a professional such as teachers or health care practitioners. This can take time – but under the DWP, people had to do this themselves – and we know people greatly value this service.
Found: educative value (a) distinguishing between programmes that reflect the lives and concerns of children
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Updating the domestic homicide review statutory guidanceFound: • Were any children present when the death occurred • Were any children subject to child protection
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: statu s which specifie d that disability status should be recorded as defined by the Equality Act
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: Disability Overall , 18% (2,457 ) of parents reported having a disability.
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: : Number of parents with 1 childNumber of children: Number of parents with 2 childrenNumber of children
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: Statistical Summary May 2024Found: Local Authorities then returned data indicating if a participant was disability by responding, “Yes”,