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Locally-run welfare administration practices examined
Locally-run welfare administration practices examined
27 November 2015
The Work and Pensions Committee examines the "local welfare safety net"-local authority-run discretionary welfare assistance, housing payment and Council Tax support schemes.
- Watch Parliament TV: Local welfare safety net
- Inquiry: Local welfare safety net
- Work and Pensions Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 2 December 2015, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 9.30am
- Jill Farrar, Senior Team Manager, Blackpool Council
- Councillor Paul McGlone, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Investment, Lambeth Council
- Councillor John Fuller, Vice Chairman, Resources Panel, Local Government Association and Leader South Norfolk District Council
At 10.15am
- Marcus Jones MP. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government)
- Matthew Style, Director of Local Government Finance, Department for Communities and Local Government
- Baroness Ros Altman CBE, Minister of State for Pensions
- Pete Searle, Director of Working Age, Department for Work and Pensions
Purpose of the session
The Committee hears evidence from local authorities on best practice in the administration of locally-run discretionary welfare. It also questions Ministers on the Government's position on the range of issues raised during the inquiry, including the adequacy and effectiveness of the local welfare safety net as a whole.
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