Social Security in Scotland: consultation
Consultation on the future of social security including policy, delivery and operational issues.
Footnotes
1 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00496621.pdf
2 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494859.pdf
3 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00496621.pdf
4 John Downie; SCVO, Director of Public Affairs, writing for Third Force News - http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-news/Scotland-to-create-a-fairer-social-security-system
(October 2015)
5 http://www.gov.scot/resource/0039/00390989.pdf
6 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/10/enacted
7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/5/contents
8 Justice Committee; Stage 1 Report on the Tribunals (Scotland) Bill, para. 128
9 Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014; section 12, "Principle to be observed"
10 Welfare Funds (Scotland) Act 2015; section 5, "Respect for, and dignity of, applicants for assistance"
11 Scottish Welfare Fund - Statutory Guidance; http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00498598.pdf, para. 4.1
12 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494859.pdf
13 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00479666.pdf
15 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/981/0114237.pdf
16 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/09/14082209/5
17 View the Equality Act 2010 at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15 contents for further information. You can download the Equality Act in Easy Read here: http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010.aspx
18 View the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html
View in Easy Read at: www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/publications/uncrpd_guide_easyread.pdf
19 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494859.pdf
20 Scottish Parliament; Official Report, Meeting of the Parliament 1 March, col. 42
21 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00497219.pdf
22 See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 170 - 174
23 See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, Schedule 5
24 See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 170
25 See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 171, which sets the remit by a general reference to industrial injuries benefit and its administration
26 https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/90832.aspx
27 http://www.cas.org.uk/spotlight/social-security-benefits
28 http://inclusionscotland.org/welfare-reform-impacts-on-disabled-people-the-facts/
29 http://www.engender.org.uk/gendermattersinsocialsecurity/
31 Where we use the phrase assessment, we mean some form of appraisal of eligibility, wherever possible this will not be conducted on a face-to-face basis.
32 http://www.motability.co.uk/
33 Scotland's Carers - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00473691.pdf
34 Scotland's Carers - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00473691.pdf
35 Valuing Carers (2015):Carers UK - http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/training
36 Personal Independence Payment - daily living component; Disability Living Allowance - the middle or highest care rate; Attendance Allowance; Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the normal maximum rate with an Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit; Constant Attendance Allowance at the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension; Armed Forces Independence Payment
37 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/9/contents/enacted
38 http://www.carerpositive.org/
39 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/11/contents/enacted
40 Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 contains a definition of a carer, adult carer and young carer. This will remain even if the definition of a carer, for the purposes of paying a benefit, changes.
41 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494410.pptx
42 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494410.pptx
43 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/10/3498/5
44 http://www.cas.org.uk/publications/funeral-poverty
45 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/fairerscotland/future-powers/Publications/FuneralPoverty
46 This was previously referred to as the Maternity and Early Years Allowance
47 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/10/3498/5
49 Please see SCoWR's supplement to their Manifesto for Change
50 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Justice/policies/widening-access/standardsforadvisers
51 For more information about the work of the CSA, you can go to - Complaints Standards Authority - Valuing Complaints
52 You can find out more about the way DWP currently operate mandatory reconsideration here - Appeal to the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal - GOV.UK
53 This is a quote from November 2013, from Esther McVey MP, then Minister for Employment. It can be found, in full, in Hansard here - House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 Nov 2013 (pt 0005)
54 The Scottish Government has made its position on sanctions clear. In June 2014, the 2 nd Report of our Expert Working Group on Welfare said that: "We recommend that the current system of sanctions is abolished and instead replaced with a system that is more proportionate, personal and positive" (para. 27).
55 https://www.gov.uk/benefit-overpayments/how-to-make-a-repayment
56 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Finance/spfm/fraud/fraudannexa
57 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5/section/109/enacted
58 An electronic version of the current code of practice can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509652/code-of-practice-on-obtaining-information-social-security-fraud-act-2001.pdf
59 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5/section/112/enacted
60 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5/section/112/enacted
61 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494765.pdf
62 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00496621.pdf
63 Where we use the phrase assessment, we mean some form of appraisal of eligibility, wherever possible this will not be conducted on a face-to-face basis.
64 Personal Independence Payment - daily living component; Disability Living Allowance - the middle or highest care rate; Attendance Allowance; Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the normal maximum rate with an Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit; Constant Attendance Allowance at the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension; Armed Forces Independence Payment
65 In November 2015, 13,920 children qualified for the highest care component of DLA was 13,920. Of these, 9,820 (71%) were boys and 4,050 (29%) were girls.
66 http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/344206/0114485.pdf
68 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-data-on-alternative-payment-arrangements
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