Policy Submissions
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 5:47pm.
OPFS responds to government consultations to influence and shape the policies that will improve the lives of one parent families. These documents are listed by date.
No One Written Off: Reforming welfare to reward responsibility
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 6:04pm.
OPFS welcomes the opportunity to respond to the DWP's latest green paper on welfare reform, "No one written off: Reforming welfare to reward responsibility." Our response is based on OPFS experience of working with lone parents through extensive service delivery & through ongoing consultations which inform our policy positions. This paper briefly describes the work of OPFS to give a context to the relevance of our input and then makes some general comments on the proposals before responding to proposals in the Green Paper of key relevance to one parent families.
Local Government and Communities Committee Inquiry into Child Poverty
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 6:02pm.
This submission presents evidence from OPFS to feed into the Local Government and Communities Committee’ Inquiry into Child Poverty. The contents are drawn out of feedback from lone parents attending various focus group events and a major conference held in Glasgow on the 28th June 2008.
In all this involved over 60 lone parents. The key points from this submission are summed up.
Incapacity benefits and income support abolished by 2013 - Initial Response
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 5:58pm.
OPFS' initial response to the abolishment of Incapacity Benefits and Income Support by 2013.
Tackling Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in Scotland
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 5:56pm.
Tackling Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in Scotland.
Scottish Government Consultation, Submission OPFS, July 2008
Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 5:53pm.
SSAC Consultation, Submission by OPFS, June 2008