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
Annex C: Scrutiny timeline
| 15 December 2022 | Scottish budget announced. |
| 19 December 2022 | Draft Up-rating Regulations and Section 86A report (formerly Section 77 report) formally referred to SCoSS by the Minister for Social Security and Local Government. |
| 19 December 2022 | Informal briefing held between SCoSS Secretariat and Scottish Government’s Senior Policy Officer. |
| 21 December 2022 | Ad hoc SCoSS Board held. |
| 13 January 2023 | Provide Scottish Government with advance notice of SCoSS recommendations. |
| 20 January 2023 | SCoSS report signed off and laid. |
| TBC | Up-rating Regulations laid in Parliament. |
| TBC | Up-rating Regulations into force |