Publications

Our Corporate Parenting Plan sets out our commitment to young people with care experience. In April 2015, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act came into effect. This legislation outlines the Scottish Government’s commitment to making Scotland the best place in the world to grow up. The Act established a new legal framework for public services to work together in support of children, young people and families in Scotland. Our Corporate Parenting Plan is based on the duties listed in this legislation and outlines our action plan. We consider our action plan as an opportunity to continually improve. We are consistently monitoring and improving our plan, and identifying new actions. Throughout this process, our aim is to strengthen the relationships that we have built so far, make new connections while continuing to engage with organisations and people with lived experience of care.

The publication of this Code aims to ensure that, as well as meeting the legal requirements for an investigation, Social Security Scotland investigators follow best practice at all times. It is designed to give assurances about training and accountability of staff carrying out investigations and an overview of the requirements and guidelines that they must follow. It does not include detailed or comprehensive guidance on all investigation processes.

Information on recipients of the Carer's Allowance Supplement (CAS) for eligibility date April 2018.

This report covers feedback (complaints, compliments, and suggestions) received by Social Security Scotland since it was introduced on 4 September 2018 until 30 June 2019.

The purpose of Our Charter is to set out what people should expect from the new social security system, which we will administer. It explains in clearer terms how we will uphold the Principles in the Act , how we will make sure that we are taking a human rights based approach to what we do and how we will demonstrate dignity, fairness and respect in all our actions.

Information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 31 August 2020 and Best Start Foods from 12 August 2019 to 31 August 2020.