Social Security - Fourth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 May 1998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

  I.  Introduction

  II.  Background to the inquiry

The history and purpose of DLA
Attendance needs
Mobility
The introduction of DLA
Disability Living Allowance : brief description
The care component
The mobility component
Caseload and spending

III.  Challenges for future policy

The DSS awards study
The DLAAB report
The FRS and the prevalence of disability
DLA take up

IV.  Purpose of DLA

The costs of disability
The use of aids and equipment
Independent living and DLA
Taxation of DLA

V.  Gateways to DLA

The "main meal test
Supervision tests
Case law
Targeting
'Passporting`
All Living Test
Rehabilitation

  VI.  Claiming and decision-making

The claiming process: The principle of self-assessment
Evidence to support a claim
Claim forms
Role of GPs
Medical examinations
Life awards
Life awards made in 1992
Changes of circumstances

  VII.  Benefit Integrity Project

BIP : Timetable for Implementation
Benefit Integrity Project — outcomes
Reviewing entitlement
Benefit Integrity Project — operation and practice
Lessons from BIP

  VIII.  The role of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board (DLAAB)

  IX.  Conclusion

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED TO THE HOUSE BUT NOT PRINTED

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Disability Living Allowance: Professor Rodney Grahame, Miss Susan Knibbs, Mrs Nicole Davoud and Dr John Hunter

Disability Living Allowance: Professor Ian Bruce, Ms Lorna Reith and Mr Richard Wood; Mrs Lynne Malekmian, Mrs Lesley Burton and Mr James McDonald

Disability Living Allowance: Mr John Lutton, Ms Ursula Brennan and Mr Bill Farrell

Disability Living Allowance: Baroness Hollis of Heigham, Ms Ursula Brennan and Ms Claire Edwards

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Prepared 20 May 1998