Devolved social security powers: progress and plans

Author: Camilla Kidner

PDF Published: Friday 10 May 2019 (SB 19-27)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Social security timeline: 'safe and secure transfer'
  - Devolved social security: 2013 to 2019
  - Devolved social security: 2020 to 2024
  - Legislative process from devolution to delivery
  - Organisational structure of devolved social security
    
    Social security programme
- Funding devolved social security
  - Baseline
  - Ongoing funding for disability and carer benefits and winter payments
  - Ongoing funding for other benefits
  - Setting the Scottish Government budget for social security
  - No detriment due to policy 'spill-overs'
  - Social Security Expenditure in 2019/20
- Local authority payments
- UK Government delivery of Scottish social security
- Social Security Scotland
  - The Charter
  - Staffing and operational costs
  - Local delivery and advice
  - Investigation of offences
  - Redeterminations and appeals
  - Overpayments and deductions
- Brexit and Scottish social security
- Annexe 1: Social security devolution. 1998 to April 2019
- Annexe 2: Future developments: May 2019 to 2024
- Annexe 3: Annual cycle of reporting to the Parliament
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