Social Security - Third 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 27 March 2001.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THIRD REPORT
A Lifeline For The Poor
- Or The Fund That Likes to Say No?
The Regulated Social
Fund
Funeral Payments
Winter Fuel Payments
The Discretionary Social
Fund
Expenditure
Number of awards
The cash-limited nature
of the Discretionary Social Fund
How decisions are made
Community Care Grants
- The Postcode and Calendar Lottery
Direction 4
Priority
The budget
A postcode lottery
A calendar lottery
Budgeting Loans
Weightings
Crisis Loans
Amount
Repayment And Rescheduling
of Loans
Administration of the
Discretionary Social Fund
People turned away
Which type of Discretionary
Social Fund payment to apply for?
Inaccurate information
and advice from BA staff
The need for better advice
and assistance to Social Fund claimants
Better information concerning
Social Fund decisions
Training and retention
of staff
Monitoring the quality
of service to Social Fund customers
IT Systems
Reviews and Appeals
Organisational Change
Options for the Future
Benefit levels
The case for grants
The role of the Social
Fund in tackling financial exclusion
Conclusion
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
LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED
TO THE HOUSE BUT NOT PUBLISHED
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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