Recommendation 32

We were told by the UK and Scottish governments that these agency agreements are funded by the Scottish Government who reimburse the DWP for delivering the benefits 72 Scottish Government (WPS0013) 73 Scottish Government (WPS0013) 74 Scottish Government (WPS0013) 75 Scottish Government (WPS0013) 76 Department for Work and Pensions (WPS0021) 77 Q151 78 Q151 79 Q184 20 Welfare policy in Scotland that agency agreements have been set up for.80 Catherine Reeves from the Social Security Programme Management Office, Scottish Government, highlighted that this system was ‘good value for money’81 and ‘fair to the taxpayer’82 whilst it is in operation.