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Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
Feb. 28 2024
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The Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill would make a variety of changes to the administration of Scottish social security, including: powers to create new benefits in future; changes to some of the rules for overpayments and challenging decisions; introducing compensation recovery; and a creating a new requirement to provide information to Social Security Scotland.

Found: Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Submission by the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland following the evidence session on 28 March 2024
 The Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland - Client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination and appeals process

Correspondence Apr. 12 2024

Committee: Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Found: The Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland - Client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
A Stage 1 report by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on its consideration of the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
 Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Report May. 14 2024

Committee: Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Found: Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill A Stage 1 report by the Social Justice

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)

Nov. 23 2023

Source Page: Figures on the amount of benefits and appeals in 2022: FOI release
Document: Figures on the amount of benefits and appeals in 2022: FOI release (webpage)

Found: Figures on the amount of benefits and appeals in 2022: FOI release

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Thu 07 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) It amends the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 to make changes to the Scottish social security system - Speech Link
2: None social security system. - Speech Link
3: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) social security system. - Speech Link
4: None Security Scotland, and so that any on-going benefits are not affected. - Speech Link
5: None One feature of the social security principles is the declaration that“social security is itself a human - Speech Link
6: None There is an insistence by Social Security Scotland that mandatory redeterminations and appeals be made - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Thu 14 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) to the Scottish social security system. - Speech Link
2: None For all Social Security Scotland’s good intentions, that can carry over to the devolved benefits, so - Speech Link
3: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) To what extent does the bill align with the social security principles? - Speech Link
4: None However, overall, the bill aligns quite well with social security principles. - Speech Link
5: None for Social Security Scotland to look at the backdating rules, allowing for late applications for benefits - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Social Security Scotland - Thu 28 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) Security Scotland benefit appeals? - Speech Link
2: None We have not had enough Social Security Scotland appeals to be able to comment on that. - Speech Link
3: None I took a couple of straw polls over a length of time, and the view is that Social Security Scotland appeals - Speech Link
4: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) Would it be for Social Security Scotland to change its procedures? - Speech Link

Select Committee
Child Poverty Action Group
 VMLA0013 - Value for Money from Legal Aid

Written Evidence Apr. 04 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: While many questions remain about the adequacy of current social security provision for children and

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Submission by VoiceAbility, 18 March 2024
 VoiceAbility - Client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination and appeals process

Correspondence Mar. 18 2024

Committee: Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Found: VoiceAbility - Client experience of Social Security Scotland’s redetermination and appeals process Submission

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Social Security Scotland - Thu 25 Apr 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