Sep. 18 2024
Source Page: Number of support staff in each Director General and Directors Office by grade: FOI ReleaseFound: HeadC2FIVE FAMILY PAYMENTS, FUNERAL SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE RIGHTSSOCIAL SECURITY POLICYDIRECTORATE FOR
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels: Legacy reportFound: Attendance Allowance Research on Severe Disablement Allowance Mid-Project peer review Research on Funeral
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI releaseFound: This is split in to two payments – a payment of £5,000 per student will be processed in November, with
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Recruitment of Expert Working Group on Ending Conversion Practices members: FOI releaseFound: o Universal Credit split payments - can we do more?
Sep. 13 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 6 June 2024 to 9 September 2024Found: under section 138(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; a Social Fund funeral
Sep. 13 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 16 May 2024 to 5 June 2024Found: under section 138(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; a Social Fund funeral
Asked by: Mundell, Oliver (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Dumfriesshire)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available for bereaved parents who do not qualify for any other benefits or welfare payments.
Answered by Somerville, Shirley-Anne - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
The Scottish Government is committed to supporting bereaved parents and tackling funeral poverty.
We have removed child burial and cremation fees for children under 18 years old and for stillborn babies, financially supporting bereaved parents.
Parents whose baby sadly dies after it was born, or is stillborn, may be eligible for Best Start Grant Pregnancy and Baby Payment. If the parent is under 18 or a dependent aged 18 or 19, they do not need to receive any benefits to be eligible.
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave is reserved to the UK Government.
Mentions:
1: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) anybody travelling had no certainty about whether they could get to everything from work to a family funeral - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) We know that those vulnerable elderly people will now be cut off from winter fuel payments with just - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) There are 18,900 people losing winter fuel payments in my constituency, and many of them are among the - Speech Link
4: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) Let us face it: that means maintaining payments to millions of people, including some Opposition Members - Speech Link
Laid - 10 Sep 2024 In Force 21 Oct 2024
The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/166) introduce arrangements for the payment of disability assistance in the form of pension age disability payment. Pension age disability payment replaces attendance allowance in Scotland.
Found: Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19875.—(1) The Social Security (Claims
Sep. 09 2024
Source Page: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 (for the year ended 31 March 2024)Found: It does not include severance payments or employer pension contributions.