Social Security - Minutes of Evidence Back to Report

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 March 1998.

WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 1998

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Members present:

Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair

Ms Karen Buck	Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Nick Gibb	Mr Frank Roy
Mr Paul Goggins	Mr Malcolm Wicks
Miss Julie Kirkbride

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Memorandum submitted by Disability Benefits Consortium (DLA 2)

SUMMARY
What is DLA?
2. Why is DLA important to disabled people?
3. History
4. Why have the numbers of people claiming DLA increased and will they continue to rise?
5. The Benefits Integrity Project (BIP)—background
6. BIP—the current position
7. BIP—Suggestions for improvement in procedures
8. Other ways of safeguarding the integrity of the benefit
9. Conclusion

Memorandum submitted by The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) (DLA 2A) as an Appendix to the Disability Benefit Consortium Submission

BENEFIT INTEGRITY PROJECT

Examination of witnesses

PROFESSOR IAN BRUCE, Royal National Institute for the Blind, MS LORNA REITH, Disability Alliance, and MR RICHARD WOOD, British Council of Disabled People, were examined.

Question Number
92 - 99
100 - 119
120 - 139
140 - 155

MRS LYNNE MALEKMIAN, MRS LESLEY BURTON and MR JAMES MCDONALD, were called in and examined.

Question Number
156 - 159
160 - 179
180 - 187

Supplementary Memorandum submitted by Disability Alliance (DLA 12)

BENEFITS INTEGRITY PROJECT—STATISTICS

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Prepared 30 April 1998