17.03.2021
A Scottish Parliament Committee has called on the UK Government to make permanent the temporary £20 Universal Credit (UC) uplift
09.06.2020
MSPs on Holyrood’s Social Security Committee have backed a Bill which would allow adult benefit claimants, who consent, to nominate an appointee to claim benefits on their behalf.
14.11.2019
Social Security Committee visit Wester Hailes as they seek to find out why millions of pounds of benefits remain unclaimed
04.10.2019
MSPs from Holyrood’s Social Security Committee have called on people across Scotland to claim benefits they are entitled to through a phone line service offered by Citizens Advice Scotland.
09.09.2019
Holyrood Committee to investigate why millions of pounds of benefits remain unclaimed
12.07.2019
Holyrood Committee seeks immediate halt to rollout of latest DWP scheme
12.06.2019
The introduction of Universal Credit has greatly increased rent arrears and a Scottish Parliament Committee has called for immediate action to tackle this issue.
22.05.2019
A new service launched by the DWP which does not protect the date a Universal Credit claim begins has been described as ‘deeply alarming’ by Holyrood’s Social Security Committee.
06.02.2019
Holyrood’s Social Security Committee has raised deep concerns with Universal Credit in its latest report into in-work poverty.
05.02.2019
Scotland’s Social Security Committee is today launching an inquiry into whether the social security system adequately supports tenants in both the private rented sector and social housing.
28.09.2018
Dundee to be the focus of a visit by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
18.06.2018
The social security benefits available to people who are in-work but struggling on low incomes is to be the focus of an inquiry by the Social Security Committee.
19.03.2018
The ongoing problems with the roll out of Universal Credit and the devolution of welfare powers to Scotland will be raised by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee when it hears from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
11.12.2017
Changes are needed to ensure that the Scottish Parliament can scrutinise the detail of how Scotland’s new social security system will operate. This is according to a report issued today by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
29.09.2017
The roll out of the devolution of welfare powers to Scotland and concerns over Universal Credit will be raised by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee when it takes evidence from Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
11.09.2017
Holyrood’s Social Security Committee has issued an invitation to the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon David Gauke MP, to give evidence at a future committee meeting.
03.07.2017
It will affect more than 1.4 million and will lead to expenditure of £2.9 billion a year, but what will the impact of the transfer of social security powers from Westminster to Holyrood mean for claimants?
22.05.2017
Targets aimed at reducing child poverty in Scotland are too long range according to a report issued today by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
11.04.2017
A clear plan is needed for the successful transfer of welfare powers according to a joint letter issued today by Holyrood’s Social Security Committee and Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee.
24.03.2017
Glasgow is to be the focus for the Scottish Parliament's Social Security Committee as it begins looking at proposals aimed at tackling child poverty.
09.03.2017
The concept of a minimum guaranteed income, known as the citizen’s income, will today (9 March) be explored by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
27.02.2017
Proposed targets for addressing child poverty in Scotland are to be scrutinised by Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee as it begins its examination of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill.
24.02.2017
Serious systematic problems exist with the new Universal Credit system according to a letter issued today by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
06.02.2017
The successful delivery of the devolution of social security is to be investigated by two parliamentary committees.
18.01.2017
The feasibility of introducing a citizen’s income is to be investigated by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee.
28.11.2016
MSPs on the Social Security Committee will today visit Musselburgh job centre, one of the first areas in Scotland to roll out Universal Credit, to see the claimant journey first hand.
15.11.2016
A Scottish Parliamentary Committee and a Westminster Committee are to work together on social security.
02.11.2016
The most deprived areas of Scotland will once again be hit hardest by the round of welfare reforms announced since the 2015 general election, according to new research.
18.09.2016
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the Rt Hon Damian Green MP is to be questioned by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee in early November.