Shirley-Anne Somerville

Scottish National Party MSP for Dunfermline

@S_A_Somerville

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  • Scottish Parliament: Scottish Child Payment (Uptake) 14 Mar 2024

    O ur game-changing Scottish child payment is putting money into the pockets of the families of more than 327,000 children, with £573 million having been paid since launch. We are encouraged to see the latest estimates of take-up rates, which show that take-up for all children aged under 16 at the end of March 2023 was 83 per cent. However, we know that there is always more that we can do....
  • Scottish Parliament: Scottish Child Payment (Uptake) 14 Mar 2024

    I confirm to the member that the Scottish child payment is available for every eligible child. Modelling suggests that Scottish Government policies will keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty in 2024-25, which includes keeping 60,000 children out of poverty through the Scottish child payment. The member is quite right: the UK Government could do so much more. It could lift a further...
  • Scottish Parliament: Deafblindness Definition (Social Security Scotland) 14 Mar 2024

    Social Security Scotland works with individuals and disability organisations to design services, and every stage of the application process has been tested. The initial equality impact assessment for communication support for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Social Security Scotland clients was completed in May 2022. People can apply in ways that suit them best, either by phone, online or...

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Scottish National Party MSP for Dunfermline

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 31 August 2007 — Appointed, regional replacement

Also represented Lothians

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