Select committee: Scottish Affairs Committee
Conclusion 77
Second Report - Welfare policy in Scotland
Published 23 Jun 2021
Addressed to Scotland Office
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Scottish Association for Mental Health ‘welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment that no one will be subject to a face to face reassessment’190 once the Scottish 177 Scottish Government, Social Security, Disability Assistance, accessed 26 April 2021 178 Scottish Government, Social Security, Disability Assistance, accessed 26 April 2021 179 Q206 180 Q184 181 Q178 182 Q178 183 Q138 184 Q162 185 Q162 186 Q162 187 Q162 188 Q162 189 Q162 190 Scottish Association for Mental Health (WPS0005) Welfare policy in Scotland 33 Government rolls out its disability benefits whilst Inclusion Scotland are ‘very keen to see the full transfer of the administration of disability benefits to the Scottish Social Security Agency’191 due to the reduction in face to face assessment policy.
From: Scottish Affairs Committee, Second Report - Welfare policy in Scotland (HC 55), 23 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 19 November 2021 (deadline 23 August 2021).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The UK Government "notes the Committee's recommendations" and responds to each in turn, accepting little of the report's welfare-policy proposals and referring several to the Scottish Government.
- On the £20 uplift and legacy benefits, it states "There was never any plan to extend the uplift to legacy benefits."
- On work allowances, it states it "has no plans to extend the work allowance to single adults".
- On Help to Claim funding, it "considers the existing resource to be sufficient", and says DWP agreed to fund Citizens Advice Scotland for another year, "up to 31 March 2022".
- On data sharing and Recommendations 2, 7 and 8, it says each data request "must be examined" by DWP as Data Controller, and treats several recommendations as "for the Scottish Government".