Social Security - Fifth Report
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 7 June 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REPORT
Definitions
The objectives of a social security system
How the National Insurance system works
The National Insurance Fund
Contribution conditions
Credits and Home Responsibilities Protection
Distinctions from other types of benefits
Distinctions from European social insurance
models
The relationship between tax and National
Insurance
The history of National Insurance
The system devised by Beveridge
Economic and social changes
Government policies towards National Insurance
National Insurance: the current debate
The values of National Insurance
Collective provision and solidarity
A contract between the State and the individual
Self-reliance
The focus on work
Administratively simple and inexpensive
Public support
Do the values attached to National Insurance
stand up?
Does National Insurance really aid social
solidarity?
How fair is National Insurance?
What contract?
Do contributory benefits lead to self-reliance?
Do the links with the labour market stand
up?
Simple and inexpensive?
How robust is public support for National
Insurance?
The National Insurance approach versus means-testing
Savings disincentives
The impact of the household means-test on
women and disabled people
Complexity
Problems of take-up
Impact on behaviour
The creation of a 'them' and 'us' society
The role of tax credits
The Australian experience of means-testing
The role of private insurance and occupational
pensions
National Insurance at a cross-roads: options
for the future
Towards a wholly means-tested future
Towards a collective funded pension scheme
Towards a non-contributory future
The way forward
Strategies for reform
Funding
Making National Insurance more inclusive
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA PRINTED WITH THE MINUTES
OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 56-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 56-II)
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