Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Official Report 685KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/19)

The final item on our agenda is consideration of two negative instruments. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered both instruments at its meeting on 7 February 2023 and made no recommendation in relation to either instrument.?

The first is the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023. The regulations reflect a routine annual rise in rates as regards residential care charges, increasing the value of savings credit disregard by 5.4 per cent, in line with average earnings. They also increase the lower capital limit from £18,500 to £20,250 and the upper capital limit from £29,750 to £32,750, in line with the consumer price index forecast of 10.1 per cent. The regulations also disregard payments from the Windrush compensation scheme from financial assessments for individuals living in residential care.

No motion to annul has been lodged. As members have no comments, I propose that the committee make no recommendation in relation to this negative instrument. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

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National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/20)

The second instrument reflects a routine annual rise in rates, increasing the value of the personal expenses allowance by 5.4 per cent, in line with average earnings.

No motion to annul has been lodged. As members have no comments, I propose that the committee make no recommendation in relation to the negative instrument. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Our next two meetings, at which we will consider our draft stage 1 report on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, will be held entirely in private.

That concludes the public part of the meeting.

11:53 Meeting continued in private until 11:56.