Social Security: subject profile

Author: Camilla Kidner

PDF Published: Tuesday 06 Jul 2021 (SB21-39)

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- Summary
- Which benefits are devolved?
- Which benefits are still to be devolved?
- What Scottish benefits are being planned?
  - Child Disability Payment
  - Scottish Milk and Healthy Snacks Scheme
  - Adult Disability Payment
  - Scottish Child Payment extension
  - Timetable changes
    
    Previous timetable changes
    
    Current timetable
  - New proposals
- Developing Scottish benefits
  - Cost of developing benefits
  - Approach to developing benefits
- Social Security Scotland
  - Operating costs
  - Dignity and respect
  - Maximising take-up
- DWP and devolved benefits
- The legislative framework
  - Scotland Act 1998
  - Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018
  - Devolved benefits created under other legislation
- The budget process for benefit spending
  - Funding Scottish social security
  - Tracking funding and spending
Sources

Shows how, in 2021 most devolved benefits are still administered by DWP under Agency Agreements. This is dominated by PIP (£1,699 million spending). If council tax reduction is included (£351 million) , local authorities come next, followed by Social Security Scotland whose largest benefit in 2021 is the SCP at £68 million.

Image: Figure 2: Devolved benefits and payments by agency 2021

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Image: Figure 2: Devolved benefits and payments by agency 2021

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