§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the organisations and individuals who have been invited to give evidence to (a) the review into provision for retirement, (b) the review of benefits for children and young people and (c) the supplementary benefit review.
§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 4 July 1984, c. 208]: The list of organisations and individuals who have been invited to give evidence is as follows. The list is in two parts, Part 1 covers all those to whom copies of consultation notes have been sent with invitations to submit written evidence, and part 2 identifies those who have so far been invited to give oral evidence. Others may be added in the light of their written evidence, when it is received. In addition, since the announcement and advertisements in May, some 12,000 copies of the consultation notes have been issued in response to requests.
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Part I: Invitations to submit written evidence Reviews Name of organisation/individual Pensions Children and Young Persons Supplementary Benefit Association of County Councils x x x Association of District Councils — x x Association of London Authorities — x x Association of Metropolitan Authorities x x x Convention of Scottish Local Authorities — x x Greater London Council — x x London Boroughs Association — x x Welsh Counties Committee — x x Association of British Chambers of Commerce x x x Confederation of British Industry x x x Confederation of British Industry (Scotland) x x x Institute of Directors x x x Association of Independent Businesses x x x British Institute of Management x x x National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses Ltd. x x x Trades Union Congress x x x Scottish Trades Union Congress x x x Departmental Trade Union Side — x x National Federation of Sub-Post Masters — x x Royal College of Nursing — x — Social Security Advisory Committee — x x Manpower Services Commission — x x Council of Tribunals — x x Commission for Racial Equality — x x Equal Opportunities Commission x x x Law Society x x x Law Society of Scotland x x x The Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar — x x Child Poverty Action Group — x x Church Action on Poverty x x x Consumers' Association x x x National Consumer Council x x x Scottish Consumer Council x x x Welsh Consumer Council x x x National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux x x x Scottish Association of CABs x x x National Council for Civil Liberties — x x National Federation of Claimants Unions — x x Low Pay Unit — x x Unemployment Unit — x x Council of Local Education Authorities — x — National Advisory Board for Local Authority Higher Education — x — National Association of Head Teachers — x — National Association of Parent Teachers Associations — x — National Association of Schoolmaster/Union of Women Teachers — x — National Association of Teachers in Higher and Further Education — x — Institute of Careers Officers — x — National Union of Students — x — National Union of Teachers — x — Secondary Heads Association — x — Association of Directors of Polytechnics — x — Council for National Academic Awards — x — National Children's Bureau — x — National Adoption Society — x — National Foster Care Association — x — National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — x — Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — x — Pre School Play Group Association — x — Save the Children Fund — x — Dr. Barnado's Homes — x — Abbeyfield Society (Northern Ireland) — — x Age Concern (Ireland) x x x Association of Directors of Social Services (Northern Ireland) — x x Child Poverty Action Group (Northern Ireland) — x x Confederation of British Industry (Northern Ireland) — x x DHSS Section Committee — x x Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland x x x 288W289W
Reviews Name of organisation/individual Pensions Children and Young Persons Supplementary Benefit Gingerbread (Northern Ireland) — x x Incorporated Law Society for Northern Ireland x x x Northern Ireland Association for Citizens Advice Bureau x x x Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions x x x Northern Ireland Consumer Council — x x Northern Ireland Council of Social Services — x x Northern Ireland Poverty Lobby — x x Association of Principals of Colleges — x — Association of Polytechnic Teachers — x — National Foundation for Education Research in England and Wales — x — National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling — x — The Professional Association of Teachers — x — Advisory Centre for Education — x — University Grants Committee — x — Society of Education Officers — x — The National Association of Schools Meals Organisers — x — National Association of Advisory Officers for Special Education — x — National Council for Special Education — x — Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children National Children's Bureau — x — Forum on the Rights of Elderly People to Education (Free) — x — Association of Social Research Organisations — x — Careers Research and Advisory Centre — x — Scottish Council for Opportunity in Play Experience — x — Scottish Child and Family Alliance — x — Scottish Out of School Alliance — x — Adam Smith Institute — x x Centre for Policy Studies x x x Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy — — x Family Policy Studies Centre — x x Institute of Economic Affairs x x x Institute for Fiscal Studies x x x Institute of Taxation — x x National Institute of Economic and Social Research — x x Policy Studies Institute x x x Royal Institute of Public Administration — x x Social Affairs Unit — x x The Economist Intelligence Unit — x x The Salisbury Review — x x Community Service Volunteers — x x National Council for Voluntary Organisations x x x The Volunteer Centre — x x Womens Royal Voluntary Service — x x Association of Charity Officers — x x Toynbee Hall — x x Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust — x x Association of Directors of Social Services x x x Association of Directors of Social Work — x x British Association of Social Workers x x x Council of Social Services in Wales — x x National Institute for Social Work x x x Social Care Association x x x National Association of Probation Officers — x x Scottish Council of Social Service — x x CRUSE (Widows) — x x Family Forum — x x Family Rights Group — x x Family Service Units — x x Family Welfare Association — x x Gingerbread — x x Mothers Union — x x National Association of Widows x x x National Council for One Parent Families — x x National Council of Women — x x Maternity Alliance — x x Disability Alliance — x x Disablement Income Group — x x MENCAP — x x 290W291W
Reviews Name of organisation/individual Pensions Children and Young Persons Supplementary Benefit MIND — x x National Association for Disablement — x x RADAR — x x Royal National Institute for the Blind — x x Royal National Institute for the Deaf — x x Scottish Council on Disability — x x Welsh Council for Disability — x x Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind — x x Age Concern and Age Concern (Greater London) x — x Abbeyfield Society Ltd. x — x Counsel and Care for the Elderly x — x Help the Aged x — x National Federation of Old Age Pensions Association x — x Scottish Old Age Pensions Association x — x Pensioners Link — — x Centre for Policy on Ageing x — x National Pensioners Convention — — x National Association of Youth Clubs — x — National Council for Voluntary Youth Services — x — National Out of School Alliance —, x — Youth Advisory Service — x — Youthaid — x — Campaign for Homeless and Rootless — — x National Federation of Housing Associations x — x Building Societies Association x — x SHAC — — x Shelter — — x The Halifax Building Society (a special social affairs unit) — — x Institute for Study of Social Policy: Bath — x x Centre for Fiscal Studies: Bath — x x Institute of Local Government Studies: Birmingham — x x Institute of Organisation and Social Studies: Brunel — x x Department of Applied Economics, Prof. Hon. Wynne Godley: King's College, Cambridge — x x Social and Community Planning Research: City University — x x City Institute for Financial and Economic Research: City University — x x Centre for Research in Social Sciences: Kent — x x Centre for Labour Economics: LSE — x x International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines: LSE — x x Centre for Socio-Legal Studies: Wolfson College, Oxford — x x Centre for the Study of Public Policy: Strathclyde — x x Institute of Manpower Studies — x — Institute of Economic Research: Bangor, North Wales — x x Social Policy Research Unit: York — x x Institute for Research in Social Sciences: York — x x School of Advanced Urban Studies, Bristol — x x National Association of Young Persons in Care — x — Age Concern (Scotland) x x — Scottish council for Single Homeless — x — Scottish Federation of Housing Associations — x — Scottish Legal Action Group — x — Church of Scotland — x — Scottish Women's Aid — x — Scottish Federation of Independent Advice Centres — x — Professor Adrian Sinfield — x — Professor B. Abel-Smith — x x D. Ashton — x x Professor M. Beesley — x x N. F. G. Bosanquet — x x Dr. Muriel Brown — x x R. K. Brown — x x Professor B. Davies — x n G. Finnister — x x Professor C. F. Foster — x x Professor J. Greve — x x Professor Sir Douglas Hague — x x Professor D. Holt — x x 292W293W
Reviews Name of organisation/individual Pensions Children and Young Persons Supplementary Benefit W. J. O. Jordan — x x K. Judge — x x Professor P. Kaim-Caudle — x x Professor M. King — x x R. Layard — x x Professor S. C. Littlechild — x x Dr. Nicola Madge — x x Professor David Metcalf — x x Professor P. Minford — x x Sir Clause Moser — x x Professor Roy Parker — x x Professor Maurice Peston — x x Dr. David Piachaud — x x Professor Robert Pinker — x x Professor M. V. Posner — x x Professor A. R. Prest — x x Professor C. Standforth — x x Professor N. Stern — x x Professor Adrian Webb — x x Professor Alan Williams — x x Professor Jack Wiseman — x x Professor Harold Rose — x x Professor R. Rose — x x Professor J. Bradshaw — x x R. R. Mackay — x x Pensions Lawyers Informal Discussion Group x — — Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies x — — Age Concern (Wales) x — — W. R. Rees-Davies ESC, QC x — — Engineering Employers Federation x — — The Institute of Personnel Management x — — The Industrial Society x — — The Federation of Medium and Small Employers x — — The Union of Independent Companies x — — The Managerial and Professional Staff Liaison Groups x — — National Federation of Building Trades Employers x — — Federation of Master Builders x — — The Federaton of Civil Engineering Contractors x — — Forum of Private Businesses Ltd. x — — Small Business Bureau x — — Scottish Building Employers Federation x — — Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers x — — London Clearing Banks x — — The Retail Consortium x — — The Friendly Societies Liaison Committee x — — Association of Consulting Actuaries x — — Associated Scottish Life Offices x — — Company Pensions Information Centre x — — Faculty of Actuaries x — — Institute of Actuaries x — — Life Offices Association x — — Nationalised Industries Pensions Officers Liaison Groups x — — Society of Pensions consultants x — — Institute of Chartered Secretaries x — — Pensions Management Institute x — — Pre-Retirement Association of Great Britain x — — L. P. Jones Esq. x — — UK Steering Committee on local Government Superannuation x — — Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd. x — — The Steel Industry Management Association x — — Clearing Bank Union x — — Co-operative Union Ltd. x — — Richards Longstaff x — — Duncan C. Fraser & Co. x — — Linked Life Assurance Groups x — — British Insurance Brokers Association x — — Institute of Economic Affairs x — — National Chamber of Trade x — —
Reviews Name of organisation/individual Pensions Children and Young Persons Supplementary Benefit Confederation of British Industry x — — William M. Mercer Ltd. x — — London & Manchester Assurance x — — National Association of Pensions Funds x — — The Industrial Society x — — Nationalised Industries Chairmens Group x — — Nat. West Staff Association Pensions Committee x — — The Stock Exchange x — — Co-operative Union Ltd. x — — Part 2: Invitations to submit oral evidence
(a) by the Inquiry into Provision for retirement
- (i) Oral evidence given on portable pensions
- Institute of Directors
- Life Offices' Association/Association of Scottish Life Offices
- British Institute of Management
- Confederation of British Industry
- Richards Longstaff
- Society of Pension Consultants
- Consumers' Association
- Trades Union Congress
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
- National Consumer Council
- Association of Consulting Actuaries
- Centre for Policy Studies
- The National Association of Pension Funds
- The Save and Prosper Group
- (ii) Oral evidence invited on other pensions issues
- Trades Union Congress
- National Consumer Council
- Women's National Commission
- Mr. John Ermisch
- Confederation of British Industry
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
- National Pensioners' Convention
- Professor Jack Wiseman
- Age Concern
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- National Association of Pension Funds*
- Life Offices' Association/Association of Scottish Life Offices*
- Society of Pension Consultants*
- Association of Consulting Actuaries*
*Invited collectively as members of the Occupational Pension, Schemes Joint Working Group.
- (b) by the Review of Benefits for Children and Young Persons
- Professor P. Townsend
- Mr. Ralph Howell, MP
- Professor P. Minford
- Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams, MP
- Mr. Frank Field, MP
- Mr. Charles Kennedy, MP
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- Adam Smith Institute
- Gingerbread
- National Consumer Council
- Low Pay Unit
- Institute of Directors
- Confederation of British Industry
- Trades Union Congress
- DHSS Trades Union side
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Policy Studies Institute
- Child Poverty Action Group
- National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
- National Council for One Parent Families
- Youth Aid
- Disability Alliance
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- (c) by the Supplementary Benefit Review
- National Consumer Council
- Adam Smith Institute
- Disability Alliance
- National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
- Low Pay Unit
- Family Services Unit
- Child Poverty Action Group
- National Council for One Parent Families
- Age Concern
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Policy Studies Institute
- Institute of Economic Affairs*
- Social Affairs Unit*
- Centre for Policy Studies*
*Invitations sent but declined.