Scottish Government

Welfare Reform Scrutiny Group

The Scottish Government and CoSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) established this working group to look at the UK Governments Welfare Reform proposals and examine what the impacts might be.

The Group is made up of representatives from:

The Scottish Government - CoSLA - One Parent Families Scotland - Child Poverty Action Group - Citizen's Advice Scotland - Independent Living in Scotland - Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform - The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations - Rights Advice Scotland - Carers Scotland - Equality and Human Rights Commission - NHS Scotland - Professor Emeritus Adrian Sinfield of Edinburgh University.

The Group brings together key stakeholders in the welfare and poverty fields and encourages a wide range of individuals and organisations to contribute to the debate.

The group held its tenth meeting on 18 February 2013.