About the Inquiry
The Committee and the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee worked together to investigate inter-governmental co-operation on social security, in light of the new powers over social security that are being devolved to the Scottish Government. They looked at the relationship between the Scottish and UK Governments and investigated if it is working effectively. They held two joint meetings in Edinburgh and London in order to examine this.
Read the news release
Timetable
The first of the joint meetings took place at the Scottish Parliament on 13 March 2017. The second meeting took place at Westminster on 20 March 2017.
Evidence
On 13 March 2017 the Committees took evidence from:
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John Dickie, Director, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland (CPAG);
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Bill Scott, Policy Director, Inclusion Scotland;
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Professor Nicola McEwen, Professor of Territorial Politics and Associate Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh;
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Stephen Kerr, Social Security Director, Scottish Government;
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Lisa Baron-Broadhurst, Programme Director, Social Security Directorate, Scottish Government;
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Mary Pattison, Director, Ageing Society & State Pensions Directorate, Senior Responsible Officer for the DWP Scottish Devolution Programme, Department for Work and Pensions;
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Pete Searle, Director, Working Age Benefit and Devolution Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.
Read the meeting papers and the Official Report
On 20 March the Committees took evidence from:
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Rt. Hon Damian Green MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions;
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Mary Pattison, Senior Responsible Officer for Scottish Devolution Programme and Ageing Society & State Pensions Director, Department for Work and Pensions;
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Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security & Equalities, Scottish Government;
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Stephen Kerr, Director of Social Security, Scottish Government.
Read the transcript here
Correspondence