Select Committee on Social Security First Report


APPENDIX 14

Letter to Committee Assistant from Mr Martin Taylor, Chief Executive, Barclays plc (TAB 84)

  I am sorry to have been so long in coming back to you with information about the materials to which I referred (in answer to question 12) when giving evidence to the Committee on 17 June.[53]

  As I said, we are dealing with intuition rather than scientific proof, but the following references give some idea of the work which the Task Force reviewed.

  1. Shaw, A, Walker, R, Ashworth, K, Jenkins, S and Middleton, S (1996) Moving off Income Support: Barriers and Bridges, DSS Research Report No 53, London: HMSO.

  2. Fort, J, Kempson, E, and England, J (1995) Into Work? The impact of housing costs and the benefit system on people's decision to work, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

  3. Bottomley, D, McKay, S, and Walker, R (1997) Unemployment and Jobseeking, DSS Research Report No 62, London: TSO.

  4. Corden, A, and Craig, P (1991) Perceptions of Family Credit, London: HMSO.

  5. Marsh, A, and McKay, S (1993) Families, Work and Benefits, London: Policy Studies Institute.

NB. These references were also used in the Memorandum submitted to the SSSC by DSS (see page 8 of the SSSC's interim report).

27 July 1997


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