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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Interests
Meeting date: 19 April 2022
Marie McNair
Good morning, convener. I declare an interest as a serving member of West Dunbartonshire Council—for just a few weeks more.
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Case Transfer
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Given that the highest rate of the mobility component will also be awarded in ADP terminal illness claims, will those claims be a priority for transfer in the same way as they were for CDP?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Case Transfer
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Minister, with regard to preparing for the PIP to ADP transfer, have any lessons been learned from the initial transfer from disability living allowance to the child disability payment that you would like to highlight?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Kinship Care
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Good morning, minister. I hope that this point has not been covered.
As you know, the 32 councils in Scotland all provide support to kinship carers. Because of the different approaches, there is variation in the support that is given, and that support is not just financial. Are you clear about what the core elements of the support should be? How is the Scottish Government engaging with councils to promote those elements?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Given the increased prices and cost of living, we all welcome the higher uprating of those benefits. What else has been done to assist with the pressures on families?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Case Transfer
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Thank you for that clarification. I have no further questions, convener.
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Kinship Care
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
It is clear to us from the evidence that there is a great deal of informal support between kinship carers. What is the Scottish Government doing to support kinship carers in networking?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Kinship Care
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Thank you, minister. I have no more questions, convener.
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Do you believe that that was a missed opportunity to help those in the greatest need?
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 31 March 2022
Marie McNair
Good morning, minister. I want to follow up on the carers allowance supplement. As you know, in Scotland, we have introduced the supplement because of the failure over the past 45 years by successive Westminster Governments to align carers allowance to other income replacement benefits. In your continued conversations with Westminster DWP ministers, have you received any indication that they are minded to right that wrong? If they did that, could it free up Scottish Social Security resources to be invested in other areas of our social security budget?
