The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the draft Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024
Contents
- Document Cover
- Summary of recommendations and observations
- Executive summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Qualifying benefits for Best Start Foods
- 3. Who can claim and receive payment
- 4. Alternative forms of payment
- 5. Rate of payment
- 6. Approach to scrutiny
- Annex A: About the Scottish Commission on Social Security
- Annex B: Summary of key provisions in the draft Regulations
- Annex C: Stakeholder engagement
- Annex D: Scrutiny timeline
Annex D: Scrutiny timeline
| 28 June 2023 | Presentation to the Board on BSF from officials. |
| 11 August 2023 | Draft Regulations formally referred to SCoSS by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. |
| 16 August 2023 | Stakeholder organisations roundtable. |
| 27 September 2023 | SCoSS report signed off and sent to Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. |