Social Security Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, March 28, 2019

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Benefit Automation

We move straight on to agenda item 3, which is on benefit automation.

Because of time constraints and the fact that we have to discuss something in private under agenda item 4, I suggest that we put off what would have been our public discussion of the letter from Inverclyde Council about its issues with benefit automation and data sharing with the DWP. Given the issue’s importance, we should give ourselves a bit of time for that discussion. I am therefore minded to make it one of the first items in next week’s agenda, rather than one of the last, to ensure that it does not fall off the end of the meeting as a result of time constraints. I apologise to Inverclyde Council for delaying our discussion slightly. Do members agree with that approach?

Members indicated agreement.

We now move to agenda item 4, which is consideration of the evidence that we have received this morning on social security support for housing. We have previously agreed to take this item in private.