Question reference: S5W-11298
- Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 14 September 2017
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the location of the new social security agency.
Answer
Today, the First Minister will announce that Scotland’s new social security agency will be configured over two locations with a headquarters located in Dundee and a second major site in Glasgow, and will be enhanced by a local presence across Scotland. I will provide more detail when I make a statement to Parliament on “Developing Social Security for Scotland's People” at 14.20 on Tuesday, 19 September.