The Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025: business and regulatory impact assessment

13. Enforcement, Sanctions and Monitoring

Under section 97 of the 2018 Act, the Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) must prepare a report setting out its observations and recommendations in relation to the Scottish Government’s proposals.

The Scottish Government will publish its formal response to this report when laying these regulations before the Scottish Parliament.

Ongoing stakeholder engagement with key organisations will provide the Scottish Government with an opportunity to monitor the impact of the changes made by these regulations.

The Communities Analysis Division within the Scottish Government will also run a comprehensive evaluation programme to consider the impact of the changes made by these regulations, with a full suite of equalities data for new applicants.

The 2018 Act places a duty on the Scottish Ministers to report annually to the Scottish Parliament on the performance of the Scottish social security system during the previous financial year. The report is to describe what Scottish Ministers have done in that year to meet the expectations on them as set out in the Social Security Charter.