Work and Pensions Committee
The Work and Pensions Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Office of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Rt Hon Frank Field MP (Labour, Birkenhead) (Chair)
Heidi Allen MP (Conservative, South Cambridgeshire)
Mhairi Black MP (Scottish National Party, Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Ms Karen Buck MP (Labour, Westminster North)
James Cartlidge MP (Conservative, South Suffolk)
Neil Coyle MP (Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
John Glen MP (Conservative, Salisbury)
Richard Graham MP (Conservative, Gloucester)
Luke Hall MP (Conservative, Thornbury and Yate)
Steve McCabe MP (Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Craig Mackinlay MP (Conservative, South Thanet)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
Committee reports are published on the publications page of the Committee’s website and in print by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Adam Mellows-Facer (Clerk), Margaret McKinnon (Second Clerk), Ian Hart (Committee Specialist), Libby McEnhill (Committee Specialist), Rod McInnes (Committee Specialist), Alison Pickard (Senior Committee Assistant), and Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8976; the Committee’s email address is workpencom@parliament.uk.
16 December 2016