§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what influence the president of the Independent Tribunal Service has over allocation of resources from the DSS; to whom the president is accountable; and to whom complaints about dissatisfaction about the administrative arrangements of the independent Tribunal Service may be addressed.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe president of the Independent Tribunal Service, his honour Judge Holden, is appointed by the Lord Chancellor. He may appoint such officers and staff as he thinks fit to carry out his statutory duties, with the consent of the Secretary of State and the Treasury as to numbers, remuneration and other terms and conditions of service. In using the resources so provided he is accountable to the departmental accounting officer. Complaints about dissatisfaction with the administrative arrangements of the Independent Tribunal Service should be addressed to the president, his honour Judge Holden.