Scottish Child Payment: Service Level Agreement between Scottish Ministers and The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

4. Derivation

4.1 This Agreement forms an annex to the ‘Memorandum of Understanding between 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 is to 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: Concordat between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Government.

Version/Date: March 2020

Document: 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).

Version/Date: October 2013

Document: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between 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 (the ‘SM/SSWP Single MoU’) and the following Annexes:

• Best Start Grant Service Level Agreement
• [Redacted]

Version/Date: January 2023

Document: Memorandum of Understanding Between The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions And The Scottish Ministers acting through the Scottish Government and on behalf of Social Security Scotland in relation to benefit accounting and reconciliation services provided to the Scottish Ministers.

Version/Date: March 2020

Document: The Agreement between the Scottish Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Scottish Government’s fiscal framework.

Version/Date: August 2023

Document: Scottish Devolution: Financial Arrangements for Formal Agreements between Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers.

Version/Date: October 2023

Document: Scottish Devolution: Framework for Audit and Accountability.

Version/Date: March 2019

Document: DWP and SG Joint Communications Framework.

Version/Date: August 2021

Document: [Redacted]

Version/Date: [Redacted]

Document: Financial Services Category Memorandum of Understanding Between Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers.

Version/Date: March 2023