10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
31. Social Security
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 11 meetings.
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Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Kirkwood, Mr Archy (Chairman) | 11
|
Buck, Ms Karen | 10
|
Crausby, Mr David | 3
|
Dismore, Mr Andrew | 8
|
Humble, Mrs Joan | 10
|
King, Mr Andy | 7
|
Leigh, Mr Edward (discharged, 13.12.00) |
1 |
Naysmith, Dr Doug | 11
|
Robertson, Mr Laurie | 5
|
Swayne, Mr Desmond | 2
|
Thomas, Mr Gareth | 8
|
Winterton, Mrs Ann (added, 13.12.00) | 5
|
|
Overall attendance: | 66.9%
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
18% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Philip Moon, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Band 2).
Second Clerk: Miss Kate Emms, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialist: Ms Janet Allbeson (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Ms Diane Nelson, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Miss Leslie Young, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Ms Ruth Hancock, Ms Sarah Rowe and Professor Steve Wilcox.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Other Ministers
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department of Social Security
| 3 |
other departments
| 3 |
comprising: HM Treasury | 1
|
Inland Revenue | 2
|
executive agencies | 4
|
comprising: Benefits Agency | 4
|
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 5 |
comprising: Independent Review Service
| 3 |
The Appeals Service | 2
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 16 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
7-8.2.01 | Disability and Carers Benefits Directorate, Blackpool and Invalid Care Allowance Unit, Preston
| 5 |
3 | Briefings on the work of two units of the Benefits Agency
| £2,950.20
|
15.2.01 | Advice Centres and Benefits Office, North Kensington
| 3 |
3 | Inquiry into the Social Fund
| £155.27
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
2000-01
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Inherited SERPS
| 215 |
13.2.01 |
10 | £4.30
| Not required
|
Second Report: Integrated Child Credit
| 72 |
22.3.01 |
198 | £19.50
| Awaited
|
Third Report: The Social Fund
| 232 |
4.4.01 |
262 | £22.00
| Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence: Social Security Appeals
| 435-i |
13.6.01 |
24 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: DSS Departmental Report
| 457-i |
17.5.01 |
18 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
were published on 9.2.01 as HC 795, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 will be published
as HC 502, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 1999-2000, Housing Benefit, 27.7.01
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 8 of the Committee's 11 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Integrated Child Credit
| 2 |
The Social Fund | 4
|
Social Security Appeals
| 1 |
DSS Departmental Report
| 1 |
Total | 8
|
The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1999-2000: figures appear in the Return for
that Session (HC100 (1999-2000))
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