HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 cc1076-8W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the individuals invited to give oral evidence to his social security reviews; and what are the criteria for their invitation.

Mr. Newton

The following organisations and individuals have given oral evidence to the social security reviews.

Inquiry into provision for retirement—sub-group on personal pensions

  • Asssociation of Consulting Actuaries
  • British Institute of Management
  • Centre for Policy Studies Confederation of British Industry
  • Consumers Association
  • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
  • Institute of Directors
  • Life Offices Association/Associated Scottish Life Offices
  • National Association of Pension Funds
  • National Consumer Council
  • Richards Longstaff
  • Save and Prosper Group
  • Society of Pension consultants
  • Trades Union Congress

Inquiry into provision for Retirement—Main Inquiry

  • Age Concern
  • Confederation of British Industry
  • Equal Opportunities Commission
    • 1077
  • Mr. John Ermisch
  • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
  • National Consumer Council
  • National Pensioners' Convention
  • National Association of Pension Funds*
  • Life Offices Association/Associated Scottish Life Offices*
  • Society of Pensions Consultants*
  • Association of Consulting Actuaries*
  • * Invited collectively as member of the Occupational Pension Schemes Joint Working Group.
  • Trades Union Congress
  • Professor Jack Wiseman
  • Women's National Commission

Reviews of Benefits for Children and Young People

  • Centre for Policy Studies
  • Child Poverty Action Group
  • Civil and Public Services Association
  • Disability Alliance
  • Gingerbread
  • Ralph Howell MP
  • Charles Kennedy MP
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • Institute of Directors
  • Low Pay Unit
  • Professor Patrick Minford
  • National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
  • National Consumer Council
  • National Council for One-Parent Families
  • Northern Ireland Poverty Lobby
  • Policy Studies Institute
  • Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams MP
  • Society of Civil and Public Servants
  • Professor Peter Townsend
  • Trades Union Congress
  • Youth Aid

Supplementary Benefits Review

  • Adam Smith Institute
  • Age Concern
  • Age Concern (Northern Ireland)
  • Association of Charity Officers
  • Association of County Councils
  • Association of Directors of Social Services
  • Association of Directors of Social Work
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Belfast Law Centre
  • British Association of Social Workers
  • Civil and Public Services Association
  • Child Poverty Action Group
  • Child Poverty Action Group (Northern Ireland)
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • DHSS Section Committee of the Northern Ireland Public Services Alliance
  • Disability Alliance
  • Family Service Units
  • Ralph Howell MP
  • Institute of Directors
  • Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Northern Ireland Committee)
  • Jim Lester MP
  • Low Pay Unit
  • National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
  • National Consumer Council
  • National Council for One-Parent Families
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations
  • Northern Ireland Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
  • Northern Ireland Consumer Council
  • Northern Ireland Council of Social Service
  • Northern Ireland Poverty Lobby
  • Policy Studies Institute
  • Scottish Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
  • Scottish Council of Social Service
  • Scottish Council on Disability
  • Scottish Trades Union Congress
  • Society of Civil and Public Servants
  • Trades Union Congress

Housing benefit review

  • Age Concern
  • All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pensioners (Andrew Bowden MP and George Foulkes MP)
    • 1078
  • Association of District Councils
  • Association of London Authorities
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
  • Child Poverty Action Group
  • Civil and Public Services Association
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • Ralph Howell MP
  • Institute of Housing
  • Local Authorities Management Services and Computer Committee (LAMSAC)
  • London Boroughs Association
  • Low Pay Unit
  • National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
  • National Association of Local Government Officers
  • National Council for One-Parent Families
  • National Federation of Housing Associations
  • Policy Studies Institute
  • Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation Rating and Valuation Association
  • School for Advanced Urban Studies
  • Scottish Council on Disability
  • Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
  • SHAC (London Housing Aid Centre)
  • SHELTER
  • Society of Civil and Public Servants
  • Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
  • Trades Union Congress

In addition, a small number of organisations and individuals were approached about the possibility of their giving oral evidence but, for various reasons, did not do so.

The criteria for selecting organisations and individuals were to ensure that the review teams heard at first hand views from a wide range of bodies with an interest in the issues under discussion and that they had an opportunity to obtain specialist views and to clarify and develop ideas arising out of written evidence.