Question reference: S5W-33927
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what weighting it plans to place on the requirement for potential contractors for the social security advocacy service to have experience of (a) directly delivering an advocacy service and (b) delivering an advocacy service in Scotland.
Answer
We are currently engaging with relevant stakeholders prior to the re-tendering process to ensure we consider and include the requirements they feel potential contractors should be able to demonstrate in order to be appointed to run the social security advocacy service.
This will help us in achieving our goal of creating a high quality, human-rights based service focussed on the needs of the client.