Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 60711

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Seamus Logan

Scottish National PartyAberdeenshire North and Moray East

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.

Answer

Ian Murray
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...

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