SCOTLANDBENEFITSDEVOLUTIONThe United Kingdom is a unitary state, and social security benefits are some of the most centralised services in it. The powers of the Scottish Parliament in relation to benefits have been heavily restricted, to the point where they have fewer formal powers than an ...
ScotlandIt has been said that people need the confidence, continuity and trust in the world which comprise ontological security in order to lead happy and fulfilled lives, and furthermore that ontological security can be attained more through owner occupied than rented housing. Ontological security, ...
Our Charter outlines in detail what can be expected from the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland for anyone accessing Scotland's new social security system. Dignity vow by Social Security Secretary The State Council on Tuesday took up the proposal 'Development of the Social Security Syst...
This paper presents some empirical evidence on the psycho-social benefits people seem to derive from their cars based on in-depth interviews with a sample of car owners and non-car owners in the West of Scotland. We suggest that psycho-social benefits of protection, autonomy and prestige may ...
In Scotland, the disability benefits system was inaccessible and off-putting, often requiring citizens to physically prove the extent of their disabilities during assessment. After an end-to-end process transformation involving significant user research and input, Scotland instituted a new benefits system...
by contrast, are associated with more pessimistic assessments about the fiscal impact of immigration. I argue that this can be because the latter potentially signals to natives that migrants could access generous benefits without any requisite work history. At the individual-level, the results indicate...
The focus of this study is on two cases: a social enterprise that has been operating for more than three years in a rural community in Scotland, and a public sector body delivering healthcare services in a similar context. The social enterprise is referred to as Active Life (not its real...
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We have policies for home care providers, care home providers and nursing home providers in England, Scotland and Wales. What policies do we need for our CQC Registration? There is an extensive list of policies required for CQC registration. These cover areas such as Quality Assurance, Governan...