Progress on the Automation and Take-up of Scottish Social Security Benefits
- Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
- Motion reference: S6M-06572
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 03 November 2022
That the Parliament welcomes the positive impact that existing automation of Scottish social security payments is having, including ensuring that most eligible people receive the Child Winter Heating Assistance and Carer’s Allowance Supplement without needing to apply; further welcomes the proposal to automate the Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment and Best Start Grant School Age Payment for eligible families in receipt of Scottish Child Payment by the end of November 2022; notes the Scottish Government’s intention to continue exploring opportunities for further automation; believes that these changes will mean that more people get the benefits that they are entitled to, which is especially important at a time of increasing economic uncertainty; recognises the progress made in promoting Scottish benefit take-up since the publication of the second benefit take-up strategy in 2021, including the launch of an independent advocacy service and funding welfare rights advisors in up to 180 GP practices in Scotland’s most deprived areas, as well as remote and rural areas; acknowledges that there is still work to do regarding both automation and take-up, and agrees, therefore, that all governments should ensure that people are aware of, and enabled to access, the financial support that they are eligible for and entitled to.
Supported by:
Christina McKelvie, Shona Robison
Vote
Result 65 for, 46 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 56 for
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- Alasdair Allan
- Angela Constance
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Audrey Nicoll
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- Collette Stevenson
- Elena Whitham
- Emma Harper
- Emma Roddick
- Evelyn Tweed
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- George Adam
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Jackie Dunbar
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jenni Minto
- Jenny Gilruth
- Jim Fairlie
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- Karen Adam
- Kaukab Stewart
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Màiri McAllan
- Maree Todd
- Marie McNair
- Michael Matheson
- Michelle Thomson
- Natalie Don
- Neil Gray
- Paul McLennan
- Richard Lochhead
- Rona Mackay
- Ruth Maguire
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Siobhian Brown
- Stephanie Callaghan
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Donald Cameron
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- Edward Mountain
- Finlay Carson
- Graham Simpson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jeremy Balfour
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Maurice Golden
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Oliver Mundell
- Pam Gosal
- Rachael Hamilton
- Roz McCall
- Russell Findlay
- Sharon Dowey
- Stephen Kerr
- Tess White
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- Martin Whitfield
- Mercedes Villalba
- Neil Bibby
- Pam Duncan-Glancy
- Paul O'Kane
- Paul Sweeney
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- Richard Leonard
- Sarah Boyack
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Defeated amendments
Progress on the Automation and Take-up of Scottish Social Security Benefits - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Supported by: Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall, Sue Webber
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, November 3, 2022
Result 28 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Defeated
Progress on the Automation and Take-up of Scottish Social Security Benefits - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, November 3, 2022
Result 48 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote Vote Defeated