Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
This charter is very different. In Scotland, we are trying to do things differently from the DWP, so there will be areas that do not fit with the DWP’s policy int...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
In the Scottish Government, there is certainly great interest in the policy-making process, which has been very different for the ministers who have been responsi...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
I thought that I just described that. I am not sure whether you are trying to get at something in particular but—
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
Local delivery is a key difference in how Social Security Scotland will be developed, because we are keen to have face-to-face local delivery, and that includes i...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
That ties into the work that is going on outwith the measurement framework. The agency has an interim corporate plan, which will go out to consultation and will b...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
In many ways, that is not for me to decide. We are handing the process over to those with lived experience to decide how they want to measure that.
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
I will provide the committee with information on the specifics, in so far as we can break it down. As Julie Guy said, we cannot break down some aspects because to do so might identify people...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
The detail of that will come from the disability consultations that will take place as we move to the new benefits. In developing the system for decision making o...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
We are very keen to develop the process. The process has been an exceptionally innovative way of developing policy, which is why, as well as having the core group, further work for the focus...
Social Security Committee 31 January 2019 [Draft] : 31 January 2019
Shirley-Anne Somerville
That is a very important point. I—quite rightly—was not involved in the core group or in the research. That would not have been appropriate for ministers. I will bring in my colleagues to sa...