§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the names of those Inter-Ministerial Groups whose(a) membership and (b) dates of meetings have been withheld in response to parliamentary questions. [120241]
§ Mr. RookerSocial Security Ministers chair two Inter-Ministerial Groups; the Inter-Ministerial Group on Older People and the Inter-Ministerial Group on Welfare Fraud. The membership and remit of both these groups are in the public arena.
We do not routinely reveal dates of meetings or the content of discussion between groups of Ministers as this could inhibit the necessary free and frank exchange of views within Government. However, we will do so where such an exchange of views would not be inhibited.