Severe Disablement Allowance: agency agreement

Agency agreement in respect of Severe Disablement Allowance for People Resident in Scotland between The Secretary of State For Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers.


4. Derivation

4.1 This Agreement forms an annex to the ‘Memorandum of Understanding between the Scottish Ministers (SM) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SSWP) on joint working arrangements covering the implementation of devolved provisions in the Scotland Act 2016 relating to Social Security and Employment Support Services in Scotland’, and will be read in conjunction with the following documents and any subsequent arrangements which are agreed and support this Agreement, insofar as they are not replaced or terminated in the future:

Document: Concordat between The Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Government

Date: March 2020

Document: Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements on Devolution between the United Kingdom Government, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, and the Northern Ireland Executive Committee (MoU on Devolution)

Date: October 2013

Document: Memorandum of Understanding between the Scottish Ministers (SM) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SSWP) on joint working arrangements covering the implementation of devolved provisions in the Scotland Act 2016 relating to Social Security and Employment Support Services in Scotland (SM/SSWP Single MoU)

Date: January 2023

Document: Memorandum of Understanding Between The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and The Scottish Ministers acting through the Scottish Government and on behalf of Social Security Scotland in relation to benefit accounting and reconciliation services provided to the Scottish Ministers

Date: March 2020

Document: The Agreement between the Scottish Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Scottish Government’s fiscal framework

Date: August 2023

Document: Scottish Devolution: A Framework for Audit and Accountability

Date: March 2019

Document: Scottish Devolution: Financial Arrangements for Formal Agreements and Financial Summary to support Severe Disablement Allowance Agency Agreement

Date: October 2023

Document: DWP and Scottish Government Joint Communications Framework

Date: August 2021

The agreement cited below was an annex to the ‘SM/SSWP Single MoU’ as referenced above and should be consulted for details of the earlier arrangement agreed.

Document: Initial Agency Agreement (including variations of that Agreement agreed from time to time) between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers in respect of Severe Disablement Allowance for People Resident in Scotland

Date: February 2022

Contact

Email: Formalagreements@socialsecurity.gov.scot

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