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Following their public consultation on draft ADP regulations in which some stakeholders expressed the view that the two-year past presence test was discriminatory and incompatible with the social security principles of dignity and respect, and of social security being itself a human right, the Scottish Government decided to change the regulations to reduce the past presence test to 26 weeks out of the last 52 weeks.
The measures that have been put in place by the Government involve very detailed, site-by-site work to resolve the particular issues that are involved.
S6W-14053 Katy Clark: To ask the Scottish Government which sites prisoners at HMP and YOI Cornton Vale are to be relocated to in the interim before HMP and YOI Stirling is opened.
S6W-14053 Katy Clark: To ask the Scottish Government which sites prisoners at HMP and YOI Cornton Vale are to be relocated to in the interim before HMP and YOI Stirling is opened.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated from its Budget 2025-26 tosupport local authorities to improve waste management services, in line withits plan for a transition to a circular economy.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report from the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, which provides pay recommendations for doctors and dentists for the financial year 2025-26. S6O-04789
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the impact of its Scottish income tax policy on the median income in Scotland, in light of this estimated to be £29,750 in 2025-26, based on its current policy. S6O-04685