The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
Contents
- Document Cover
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The purpose of uprating and distinct policy decisions
- 3. Up-rating Scottish social security for 2025/26
- 4. Future uprating policy
- 5. Earnings thresholds
- 6. Approach to scrutiny
- Annex A: About the Scottish Commission on Social Security
- Annex B: Scrutiny timeline
Annex B: Scrutiny timeline
| 4 December 2024 | Scottish Government budget 2025-26 published. |
| 16 December 2024 | Draft Regulations and Section 86A formally referred to SCoSS by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. |
| 19 December 2025 | Scottish Government officials attend SCoSS Board |
| 10 January 2025 | Scottish Government provided with advance notice of SCoSS recommendations. |
| 14 January 2025 | Ad hoc SCoSS Board held. |
| 17 January 2025 | SCoSS report signed off and laid. |