United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 127496
Social Security Benefits: Scotland
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22 February 2022
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28 February 2022 · Answer
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28 February 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the process for the Scottish Government to exercise their power to top up reserved benefits; and whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential merits
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22 February 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the process for the Scottish Government to exercise their power to top up reserved benefits; and whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential merits
Source: Commons
28 February 2022
Answer
The Scottish Government is accountable for exercising its power to top up reserved benefits. Section 24 of the Scotland Act 2016 enables the Scottish Government to introduce discretionary top‐up payments to people in Scotland who are entitled to a reserve...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127496
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1434004
- uk · wq-1434004 · source updated 28 February 2022