Most of the panellists expressed concerns about the loss of passported benefits, which arise at present if a person is awarded Disability Living Allowance.

BBC: Welfare Reform Committee 2

According to the Scottish government respondents expressed concerns that under the proposed welfare reform, many individuals currently in receipt of passported benefits will lose these.

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It said there was support for the four underlying principles of simplification, auto-entitlement, information transfer and making work pay, with a call for those individuals currently receiving passported benefits to continue to receive them.

BBC: Scottish Parliament

The committee was taking evidence on the Scottish government's passported benefits consultation , covering benefits such as free school meals and blue badge parking and how they will continue to operate in Scotland after changes are made to the UK benefit system.

BBC: Scottish Parliament