HC Deb 16 November 1984 vol 67 cc385-6W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will make a statement of the next stages of the work of the social security review teams following the public hearings;

(2) if he will publish a list of the Government Departments which have given evidence or made representations to the social security reviews, either to individual review teams or to the reviews generally;

(3) if he will list the Departments represented on the social security review teams;

(4) how many meetings, in addition to the formal hearings, have been held by each of the social security review teams;

(5) if he will list the names and numbers of advisers from outside Government, and civil servants from outside the Department of Health and Social Security, who are engaged in work for the social security reviews.

Mr. Fowler

I shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.