Provisions include:
regulation-making powers to allow new social security benefits to be introduced in future, including a ‘Care Leaver Payment,’ and to allow for late applications for benefits
changes to processes for challenging decisions, including allowing for late requests and allowing Social Security Scotland to offer a better award to a claimant who has lodged an appeal which would then cause the appeal to ‘lapse’
introducing a right to challenge a decision about liability for overpayment
changing liability for overpayments in situations where someone has an appointee - appointees who act in bad faith would be liable for overpayments caused by them; the individual benefit recipient would be liable for an overpayment that resulted from their appointee acting in good faith
individuals will be required to provide information to Social Security Scotland in order to estimate the level of error and fraud in the devolved social security system
a system of compensation recovery is introduced, which mirrors the system in place for DWP benefits; it applies when a person who gets...