The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
Contents
- Document Cover
- About the Scottish Commission on Social Security
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- Executive summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Inflation
- 3. Scottish Child Payment
- 4. Adult Disability Payment
- 5. Earnings thresholds
- 6. Approach to scrutiny
- Annex A: Overview – powers and constraints
- Annex B: Inflation of food and fuel costs
- Annex C: Scrutiny timeline
4. Adult Disability Payment
In questions sent to officials on 22 December 2022, SCoSS noted that The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Transitional Provisions and Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 included transitional rates of Adult Disability Payment for people transferring from Disability Living Allowance to Adult Disability Payment. The up-rating regulations as submitted for scrutiny did not include provisions for the up-rating of the transitional rate of Adult Disability Payment. In response officials noted that this omission was an error. Amendments to the draft regulations will be required to address this and we understand that officials are taking action accordingly.
Recommendation 4: Provisions for the up-rating of the transitional rate of Adult Disability Payment should be included in the proposed up-rating regulations.