Social Security assistance - effects of inflation: report 2020-2021

A report on the impact of inflation on devolved social security assistance as required under section 77 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.


Footnotes

1. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – Section 77 (link)

2. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (link)

3. Social Security assistance – effects of inflation: report (link)

4. The Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (link)

5. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – Section 79 (link)

6. Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – Section 78 (link)

7. UK Consumer Price Statistics: A Review (link)

8. House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee: Measuring Inflation Report (link)

9. Scottish Government (September 2019) – Uprating policy paper and analytical report (link)

10. Scottish Government (October 2019) - Scottish Commission on Social Security: Uprating report 2019 - (link)

11. Scottish Government (November 2019) – Scottish Government responses to Scottish Commission on Social Security recommendations (link)

12. Scottish Parliament (October 2019) – Social Security Committee report (link)

13. Office for Budget Responsibility (July 2020) – Fiscal Sustainability Report, July 2020 (obr.uk)

14. Office for National Statistics (May 2020) - Coronavirus and the effects on UK prices (link)

15. Bank of England (June 2020) - Exchange of letters between the Governor and the Chancellor regarding CPI Inflation – (link)

16. Office for National Statistics (October 2020) - Consumer price inflation tables 12, 26 and 45 (link)

17. Office for National Statistics (October 2020) - Consumer price inflation, UK: September 2020 (link)

18. HM Treasury and UK Statistics Authority (November 2020) – A Response to the Consultation on the Reform to Retail Prices Index (RPI) Methodology (link)

Contact

Email: veronica.smith@gov.scot

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