Industrial Injuries Scheme benefits: agency agreement

Industrial Injuries Scheme Agency Agreement between the Secretary of State For Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers in respect of benefits for people resident in Scotland.


4. Derivation

4.1 This Agreement forms an annex to the 'Memorandum of Understanding between the Scottish Ministers (SM) and Secretary of State for work and Pensions (SSWP) on joint working arrangements covering the implementation of devolved provisions in the Scotland Act 2016 relating to Social Security and Employment Support Services in Scotland', and will be read in conjunction with the following documents and any subsequent arrangements which are agreed and support this Agreement, insofar as they are not replaced or terminated in the future:

Document

March 2020: Concordat between The Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Government

October 2013: Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements on Devolution between the United Kingdom Government, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, and the Northern Ireland Executive Committee (MoU on Devolution)

January 2023: Memorandum of Understanding between the Scottish Ministers (SM) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SSWP) on joint working arrangements covering the implementation of devolved provisions in the Scotland Act 2016 relating to Social Security and Employment Support Services in Scotland (SM/SSWP Single MoU)

February 2016: The Agreement between the Scottish Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Scottish Government's fiscal framework

March 2019: Scottish Devolution: A Framework for Audit and Accountability

September 2022: Scottish Devolution: Financial Arrangements for Formal Agreements and Financial Summary to the benefits under the Industrial Injuries Scheme Agency Agreement

August 2021: DWP and SG Joint Communications Framework

The agreement cited below was an annex to the 'SM/SSWP Single MoU' as referenced above and should be consulted for details of the earlier arrangement agreed.

February 2022: Initial Agency Agreement (including variations of that Agreement agreed from time to time) between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers in respect of Benefits under the Industrial Injuries Scheme for People Resident in Scotland

Contact

Email: FormalAgreements@socialsecurity.gov.scot

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