Question follow-through · 60711
Social Security Benefits: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to ensure that changes for claimants who depend on both reserved and devolved social security are understood.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to ensure that changes for claimants who depend on both reserved and devolved social security are understood.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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20 Jun 2025
Answer published
UK Government Ministers regularly meet with their Scottish government counterparts to discuss social security and claimants. Scotland Office Ministers also attend the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare, alongside Ministers from the Department of W...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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