Select Committee on Social Security Minutes of Evidence


ANNEX B

Role of the War Pension Committees

    (a)  To assist the War Pensioners' Welfare Service in looking after the welfare of war pensioners and war widows in its area.

    (b)  To consider and where appropriate, make recommendations to the Agency, the Department or the Minister with responsibility for War Pensions on any matters connected with war pensioners and widows in the Committee area.

    (c)  To consider and report on any matters referred to it by the Agency, the Department or the Minister with responsibility for war pensions.

    (d)  To hear and consider complaints made by the persons receiving or claiming war pensions and if it thinks fit, to make representations about the complaint to the Agency, the Department or the Minister with responsibility for war pensions.

  WPC meetings are also attended by representatives of the Agency ie, WPC Managers from the local Welfare Office who provide technical and clerical support to the Committee. The Committees have no statutory powers.

  Members are also invited to take a personal and active part in the work of the WPWS by undertaking volunteer visits to pensioners, attending advice surgeries and outings for pensioners and widows. Training courses for new members of the WPCs and refresher training for existing members are provided to keep members up to date with current legislation.

War Pensions Committee Regions and Committees

London North Region

  — East Anglia

  — Essex

  — London North

London South Region

  — Sussex

  — London South

  — Kent

Midlands Region

  — Chilterns

  — Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire

  — Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire

  — South Yorkshire and the Humber

North Eastern Region

  — Northumbria

  — North Yorkshire and the Tees

  — West Yorkshire

North Western Region

  — Lancashire

  — Greater Manchester and Macclesfield

  — Liverpool, Wirral and Cheshire

  — Cumbria and Lancaster

South Western Region

  — West of England

  — South of England

  — Central Southern England

Scotland

  — Central Scotland

  — North Scotland

  — South East Scotland

  — South West Scotland

Wales and West Midlands

  — North and West Wales

  — South Wales

  — South West Midlands

  — West Mids, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire

Belfast

  — Northern Ireland

Advisory Committees

Isle of Man

British War Pension Advisory Committee (Irish Republic—Dublin)


 
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