The Social Security (Cross-border Provision, Case Transfer and Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the draft Social Security (Cross-border Provision, Case Transfer and Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
Contents
- Document Cover
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Disability and carer benefits: cross-border moves
- 3. Scottish Adult DLA
- 4. Suspension
- 5. EU withdrawal agreement and related provisions
- 6. Drafting issue
- 7. Approach to scrutiny
- Annex A: The Scottish social security principles
- Annex B: Scrutiny timeline
Annex A: The Scottish social security principles
SCoSS takes the Scottish social security principles, as laid out in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, into consideration when scrutinising proposed social security legislation and regulations. The Scottish social security principles are:
- (a) social security is an investment in the people of Scotland,
- (b) social security is itself a human right and essential to the realisation of other human rights,
- (c) the delivery of social security is a public service,
- (d) respect for the dignity of individuals is to be at the heart of the Scottish social security system,
- (e) the Scottish social security system is to contribute to reducing poverty in Scotland,
- (f) the Scottish social security system is to be designed with the people of Scotland on the basis of evidence,
- (g) opportunities are to be sought to continuously improve the Scottish social security system in ways which—
- (i) put the needs of those who require assistance first, and
- (ii) advance equality and non-discrimination,
- (h) the Scottish social security system is to be efficient and deliver value for money.