§ Malcolm WicksThe Department for Work and Pensions follows the Cabinet Office's guidance on written consultation which sets 12 weeks as the standard minimum period for a consultation. The table lists the
Title of consultation Start date Period in weeks Reason for shorter consultation Changes to Invalid Care Allowance 23 July 2001 12 — Amending the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 23 July 2002 12 — The Minimum Funding Requirement: The next stage of reform. Consultation on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001 (Occupational Pensions Minimum funding requirements) 18 September 2001 12 — Occupational Pension Scheme Winding up Notices and Reports (etc.) Regulations 2001 1 August 2001 12 — Occupational and Personal Pension schemes (Disclosure of Information) Amendment Regulations 2001 13 August 2001 12 — Private Pensions Simplification 19 October 2001 14 — Bulk transfer of accrued pensions rights without member consent 20 December 2001 13 — Revised code of practice on for gathering of information as required in Social Security Fraud Act 2001 8 April 2002 2 This was a follow-up to a previous exercise to which minor technical changes were introduced Consultation exercise on Pension Scheme Trustees, Independent Custodians and Encouraging Shareholder Activism (Myners report) 4 February 2002 12 — Member nominated trustees and directors 12 February 2002 4 The shorter period was needed to fit into a regulatory timetable Child Poverty measures 18 April 2002 12 — Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) quinquennial review 10 May 2002 12 — Residential Allowance 22 May 2002 14 — Equality, opportunity, and independence for all (RRAA) 30 May 2002 17 —