Impact of the Bedroom Tax and other changes to housing benefit in Scotland inquiry

Inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee, 8 May 2013 to 16 December 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 4th Report - The impact of the Bedroom Tax in Scotland: Interim Report (16 December 2013)
• 9th Report - The Impact of the Bedroom Tax in Scotland: Plan B—charges, arrears and refunds; incorporating the Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2013-14 (Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report) (21 March 2014)
• 14th Report - The Impact of the Bedroom Tax in Scotland: Devolving the DHP Cap (20 May 2014)

Evidence sessions

• 16 December 2013: Clair Malpas, Regeneration Manager, Cassiltoun Housing Association, Jean Devlin, Castlemilk anti bedroom tax campaign, Billy McFadyen, Castlemilk Credit Union, and Angus McIntosh, and Maureen Smith, Solicitors, Castlemilk Law Centre.
• 16 December 2013: Councillor Peter Sullivan,Vice Convenor, Housing and Social Work Services, Elaine McHugh, Head, Housing Services, Brian Cook, Head, Revenue Services, Julie Hunter, Housing Strategy Manager, and Amanda Gallacher, Senior Officer, Welfare Rights Team, North Lanarkshire Council; Jonny Miller, Managing Director, Richard Young, and Stewart MacDonald, Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau, and Keith Dryburgh, Policy Manager, Citizens Advice Scotland (at 12 noon).
• 4 February 2014: Rt Hon David Mundell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
• 10 February 2014: Councillor Craig Martin, Falkirk Council, Councillor Linda Gow, Falkirk Council, Councillor Gerry Goldie, Falkirk Council, Mary Pitcaithly, Chief Executive, Falkirk Council, Rhona Penman, Advice Services Co-ordinator, Link Housing Association , Bill Palombo, Grangemouth Citizen’s Advice Bureau
• 10 February 2014: Donald Forrest, Head, Finance and Estates, Ian Alcorn, Welfare Reform and Legislation Advisor, and Alistair Shaw, Head, Housing, Construction and Building Services, West Lothian Council; Mike Bruce, Chief Executive, Weslo Housing Management, Sandy Young, Housing Manager, Almond Housing Association, Alison Kerr, Chair, West Lothian Tenants Panel, and Andy Ashcroft, North East Area Director, Glasgow Housing Association (at 10.30 am).
• 10 March 2014: Councillor Lesley Brennan, Labour Group, Councillor John Alexander, Housing Convener, David Dorward, Chief Executive, and Marjory Stewart, Director of Corporate Services, Dundee Council, Ian Thomson, Chief Executive, Abertay Housing Association and Steve Kell, Housing Strategy and Performance Manager, Hillcrest Housing Association; Gail Morrow, Secretary, Jean Devlin, Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation, June Paterson, Dundee Bin the Bedroom Tax, and Jack Ferguson, NO 2 Bedroom Tax Campaign (at 11.00am); Margaret Burgess MSP, Minister for Housing and Welfare, Scottish Government and Jamie MacDougall, Head of Housing Support and Homelessness Unit, Scottish Government (at 12.00 noon).