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    Social Security Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Tèarainteachd Shòisealta Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government with responsibility for social...
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    The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow for the devolution of aspects of the social security system to the...
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  • (Philippines), for the Philippines Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, for Scotland Social security in Spain, for Spain Social Security Administration Act 1992...
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    position in the Scottish Government Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary has overall responsibility for community planning, housing, social security, the third sector...
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    needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifically to social insurance programs which provide...
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    The Social Security Directorate is a directorate of the Scottish Government responsible for social security policy in Scotland. The directorate ensures...
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  • Cold weather payment (category Social security in the United Kingdom)
    December 2022. "Social Security Scotland - Low Income Winter Heating Assistance changes name to Winter Heating Payment". Social Security Scotland. Retrieved...
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    legislation, the Scotland Acts of 2012 and 2016, gave the Scottish Parliament further powers to legislate on taxation and social security; the 2016 Act also...
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  • Department for Work and Pensions (category Social security in the United Kingdom)
    basis of Social Security in Scotland. This created a principled based legislative agenda for Social Security providing for social security to be a human...
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    Jeane Freeman (category Scottish National Party MSPs)
    Security and Equalities, to help establish Social Security Scotland, with Scotland's new social security powers from Westminster. Freeman stated: “It...
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    Ministry of Social Security under the secretary of state for social services, until the de-merger of the Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July...
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    Disclosure Scotland Education Scotland Forestry and Land Scotland Scottish Forestry Scottish Prison Service Scottish Public Pensions Agency Social Security Scotland...
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  • Sure Start Maternity Grant (category Social Fund (UK))
    In Scotland, Sure Start Maternity Grant has been replaced by Best Start Grant, a new package of benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland. "Sure...
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    to meet their statutory requirements, such as the NHS, Social Security Scotland and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. The Act makes a variety...
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  • Carer's Allowance (category Social security in the United Kingdom)
    of September 2018, the Scottish Government's social security agency, Social Security Scotland, makes extra payments to Scottish residents who are in receipt...
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  • Best Start Grant (category Government of Scotland)
    Best Start Grant is a package of benefits in Scotland delivered by Social Security Scotland. Best Start Grant is made up of three payments: Pregnancy and...
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    Alex Salmond sexual harassment scandal (category Political scandals in Scotland)
    scandal was a political scandal in Scotland concerning the alleged conduct of former First Minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond...
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    Social security or welfare in Finland is very comprehensive compared to what almost all other countries provide. In the late 1980s, Finland had one of...
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    Scotland (Social Security Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018 No. 274) The Social Security Appeals (Expenses and Allowances) (Scotland)...
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    Carstairs, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions of high security for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland. The...
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  • Operation Branchform (category Political scandals in Scotland)
    Operation Branchform is a Police Scotland investigation into possible fundraising fraud in the Scottish National Party (SNP) that was launched in 2021...
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    2023, sets out the Scottish Government’s proposals, vision and objectives for the social security system in an independent Scotland. This paper "explains...
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    social care and chief executive of NHS Scotland, Caroline Lamb. NHS Scotland had an operating budget of £15.3 billion in 2020/21. Health and social care...
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  • College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Regulator of Social Housing Scottish Housing Regulator Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners...
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    The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) is the main piece of legislation dealing with the administration of social security benefits in the...
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  • Funeral Support Payment (category Social security in the United Kingdom)
    Payment is a benefit delivered by Social Security Scotland. The benefit is aimed at reducing funeral poverty in Scotland by providing people who receive...
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    No. 10) The Social Security Assistance (Investigation of Offences) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I 2020 No. 11) The South West Scotland Trunk Roads...
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    1820s, tartan and the kilt were adopted by members of the social elite, not just in Scotland, but across Europe. The international craze for tartan, and...
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    Scotland "About Us" Social Security Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal for Scotland [1] First-Tier Tribunal for Scotland Tax Chamber "Local Taxation...
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  • and Wales by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 on 20 October 2014—although they continue to be used in Scotland and Northern Ireland...
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