May. 09 2024
Source Page: Social Security Scotland payments: FOI releaseFound: Social Security Scotland payments: FOI release
Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) with £2.4 billion of annual spending, an average boost of 10% for the sustainable farming incentive payment - Speech Link
2: Victoria Prentis (Con - Banbury) This Government firmly respect the role and the independence of the ICJ. - Speech Link
3: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) that anyone who threatens the ICC simply for doing its job is undermining the very impartiality and independence - Speech Link
4: Karl Turner (Lab - Kingston upon Hull East) There were 36 failed personal protective equipment contracts during the pandemic, costing over £1 billion - Speech Link
5: Robert Courts (Con - Witney) Specifically on prevention and recoveries, up to 30 September 2023, HMRC had prevented the payment, or - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: and some interview skills to tick it off and get the job outcome, but something more rounded, more personal
Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Due to the significant real-terms increases to the personal allowance, it is estimated that 1.8 million - Speech Link
2: None independent monetary policy setting the base rate and forecasting inflation is important, but so too was the independence - Speech Link
3: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) mean that people have to pay for tuition fees, and possibly for prescriptions and personal care. - Speech Link
4: None industries of the future, bring down bills for households and businesses, and give us energy security and independence - Speech Link
May. 07 2024
Source Page: National Academy focused on Mathematical SciencesFound: Payment __________________________________________________________ 15 11.
Mentions:
1: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) independence”.I am not expecting to be elected as First Minister today. - Speech Link
2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) We have brought in a more progressive income tax system and we are, through the Scottish child payment - Speech Link
3: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) Scottish Conservatives, I offer our strength and support to the entire Swinney family as they provide the personal - Speech Link
4: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) his family, as well as the culmination of a long career of public service in which he has made many personal - Speech Link
May. 03 2024
Source Page: Framework document between the Ministry of Justice and the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements. 41p.Found: The IMA’s functions extend to Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) party of free university education, the party that abolished prescription charges, the party of free personal - Speech Link
2: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) His campaign slogan is literally “Uniting for independence”. - Speech Link
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) in Scotland, including the game-changing Scottish child payment. - Speech Link
4: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) clarification from the Department for Work and Pensions that people who receive our adult disability payment - Speech Link
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Disability benefits system to be reviewed as PM outlines "moral mission" to reform welfare, published on 19 April 2024, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the recently announced proposed reforms to the disability benefits system.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The department discusses various aspects of social security with the Scottish Government, at both Ministerial and official level. We continue to engage with the Scottish Government to consider the implications of the proposals outlined in the Prime Minister’s announcement and the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in Scotland.
Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper was published on Monday 29 April.
The UK Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in all parts of the UK. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is devolved in Scotland and has been replaced with Adult Disability Payment. No new claims to PIP have been made in Scotland since August 2022.
However, DWP continues to deliver PIP in Scotland for existing cases on behalf of Scottish Ministers whilst Scottish cases are being transferred to Social Security Scotland. All cases are due to be transferred in 2025 and DWP will no longer have any delegated administrative authority regarding PIP in Scotland once transfer is complete.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the upcoming consultation on the Personal Independence Payment reforms.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The department discusses various aspects of social security with the Scottish Government, at both Ministerial and official level. We continue to engage with the Scottish Government to consider the implications of the proposals outlined in the Prime Minister’s announcement and the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in Scotland.
Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper was published on Monday 29 April.
The UK Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in all parts of the UK. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is devolved in Scotland and has been replaced with Adult Disability Payment. No new claims to PIP have been made in Scotland since August 2022.
However, DWP continues to deliver PIP in Scotland for existing cases on behalf of Scottish Ministers whilst Scottish cases are being transferred to Social Security Scotland. All cases are due to be transferred in 2025 and DWP will no longer have any delegated administrative authority regarding PIP in Scotland once transfer is complete.