Does your organisation want to see faster house building across Scotland? Have you thoughts and solutions on how this could work better? Do you have an opinion on the Scottish process compared to elsewhere?

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Part of the recent Housing Emergency Action plan is to accelerate building in Scotland. Scotland’s planning system must be an active enabler of the good quality development needed. Our planning system is set up to contribute to addressing the housing emergency, through enabling quality homes as a part of quality places with diversity of tenure.

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Social Security Scotland began 2018, providing a social security system that was to be founded on dignity, fairness, and respect. The system has grown quickly, now delivering seventeen benefits, including 7 that are specific to Scotland, supporting around one in three people. 

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As the system expands, Audit Scotland has emphasised the need for robust processes to measure and report levels of fraud and error across all benefits. So, as Social Security Scotland reviews this, whilst also looking at approaches used elsewhere in the UK and internationally, they have been developing ways to improve this moving forward.

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Do you have views on how this should happen? There's a consultation open seeking views on the secondary legislation needed, covering exemptions, safeguards, and the operational process for case reviews. The aim is to produce timely, reliable, and repeatable measures of fraud and error, while ensuring the approach remains fair, proportionate, and minimises any burden on clients.

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If that is you or your organisation and you want your thoughts and solutions to be heard, in relation to this, please contact us.

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This consultation seeks views on a transformative future for secure care, and for the children who may need its support, across the following inter-linked issues:

• The case(s) for the future nationalisation and / or the national co-ordination of secure care in Scotland.

• The design of funding and commissioning models.

• Expanding or redefining the statutory concept of “secure accommodation” or “secure care”.

• Models proposed in the ‘Reimagining Secure Care’ report – ‘flex secure’, ‘community-based hubs’ and ‘multi-disciplinary teams’;

• Standards for the safe and secure transportation of children.

• The establishment of a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for victims affected by harmful behaviour.

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Is this something you / your organisation have an interest in? Do you have knowledge that can help shape this proposal?

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​Please contact us if you'd like support in responding to this topic area.

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