9. Consultation questions

We asked for your views on the issues discussed in this consultation. This is a list of questions which were asked.

1. What types of intervention would be most useful for customers? (See Part 3)

2. When do you feel it is most effective to intervene in a customers’ interaction with the Social Fund, for example following a second loan application? (See Part 3)

3. How best can we identify the support needs of our customers in a more automated system? (See Part 3)

4. Who do you think would be best placed to carry out these interventions? (See Part 3)

5. Do you think a single gateway to deliver the loans scheme is a good idea? (See Part 3)

6. What support is most needed by those applying for multiple discretionary grants? (See Part 4)

7. Do you have any views on possible issues in putting the legislation around the provision of goods and services into practice? (See Part 4)

8. In what circumstances do you think a resettlement grant should be given? (See Part 4)

9. What additional support could be offered to resettlement grant customers to help them move towards increased financial independence? (See Part 4)

10. Do you think that students not in receipt of welfare benefits should qualify for financial help with funeral payments? If so, how should we identify these students? (See Part 5)

11. Should we restrict access to students in full-time higher education? Should we consider an age limit? Any other criteria? (See Part 5)

12. Should the power to make Community Care Grants and a per capita proportion of the Community Care Grant budget be devolved to the Scottish Government? What would the benefits of devolution be? (See Part 7)