Annual Report for year ended 2025-26
Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) annual report for the year ended 31 March 2026.
Contents
- Document Cover
- 1. Chair’s Introduction
- 2. About us
- 3. Our purpose, vision and values
- 4. Strategic Objectives and Priorities
- 5. Governance
- 6. Finance
- 7. Our work in 2026-27
3. Our purpose, vision and values
Our purpose
The Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) provides independent scrutiny of the Scottish social security system. SCoSS is separate from the Scottish Government and from the Parliament. We carry out our work independently but we work closely with both the Government and Parliament.
Our vision
We want a robust, effective, efficient Scottish social security system that meets its full potential to improve outcomes for the people of Scotland. We want to help achieve this by providing independent expert advice.
Our values
We are independent from Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Parliament. We scrutinise impartially based on evidence, while actively seeking out and carefully considering different views and perspectives.
We make sure human rights, the social security principles and the lived experience of people who use or need to use social security are at the heart of our work.
We provide expert, thorough scrutiny which helps people and the Scottish Parliament hold the Scottish Government to account.
We make a real difference to the lives of individuals by giving practical advice for improving social security regulations and making sure the commitments made in the Charter are fully realised.
