Question reference: S6W-13309
- Date lodged: 16 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with implementing split payments for Universal Credit.
Answer
Scottish Government officials continue to work with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that policy proposals for Split Payments are deliverable within the technical constraints of the DWP’s Universal Credit system. We have also carried out work with other external organisations and people with lived experience of Universal Credit to ensure the policy proposal is robust and meets the policy intent, which is to provide everyone in Scotland with access to an independent income and create barriers to potential domestic abuse or financial coercion.