§ Baroness Davidasked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans there are to review the operations of the War Pensions Agency. [HL338]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)Departments are required to undertake a Prior Options Review of their Next Steps Agencies from time to time as their Framework Agreements expire. The War Pension Agency's Framework Agreement expires in 1999 and a review will be carried out to examine the available options for administering the war pensions scheme for the next five years. We will be consulting ex-service organisations and representatives of war pensioners. I will be writing to the members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions to ask them for their views.
We expect to announce the results of the review in autumn 1999.