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.
|
| 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))
|
