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Section title changed to “New determination of entitlement during appeal” to better reflect 7 11 26 content following amendments at Stages 2 and 3. “2024” changed to “2025” to reflect date of 17 31 13 enactment.
The net result is higher spending on ADP, which is forecast to exceed the BGA funding it attracts by £314 million in 2025-26.
Even without this different approach to administering ADP, another important factor to note is that there is a UK-wide trend of increasing demand for disability benefits.
There are, for example, questions on the security of the new system, as well as how the rules will work for people who do not have access to digital technology (for details see pages 9 and 33 of the analysis of responses to the Scottish Government's consultation).1Scottish Government. (2022, January 26).
The Committee agreed its Stage 1 report on the general principles of the Bill on 26 February 2020.
The Stage 1 debate on the Bill took place on 5 May 2020, with Stage 2 consideration expected to take place in June 2020, outwith the period covered by this report.
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 26 June 2018. The Lead Committee is the Local Government and Communities Committee.
Based on this new methodology, Moray’s results for FE Full-time Attainment in 2024/25 increased from 72.9% to 75.4% against the restated latest available national average of 67.1%.