Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Witnesses Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos; Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director and Helen Hall, Head of Communications and Customer Relations, Atos Healthcare

Inquiry One-off evidence session on pension reforms

Witnesses Steve Webb MP, Minister for Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions

Inquiry Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Witnesses Professor Malcolm Harrington CBE, author of the first three independent reviews of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and Dr Paul Litchfield OBE, author of the fourth independent review of the WCA

Inquiry Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Witnesses HH Judge Robert Martin, President of the Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal; Kevin Sadler, Director of Civil, Families and Tribunals, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Richard Mason, Deputy Director for Civil Justice, Administrative Justice, Coroners, Burials, Cremations and Inquiries, Ministry of Justice

Inquiry Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments

Witnesses Rachael Holmes, Head of Policy Research, Families, Welfare and Work, Citizens Advice, Tom Pollard, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Social Inclusion and Rights, Mind, Donna O’Brien, Social Policy and Campaigns Advisor, Parkinson's UK, Anna Bird, Head of Public Policy and Research, Scope, and Joanna Kennedy, Chief Executive, Zacchaeus 2000 Trust.

Inquiry Fraud and error in the benefits system

Witnesses Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, and Mike Driver, Finance Director General, Department for Work and Pensions, Mr David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury, and Nick Lodge, Director General, Benefits and Credits, HM Revenue and Customs.

Inquiry Fraud and error in the benefits system

Witnesses Local Authority Investigation Officers Group, Local Government Association, and National Housing Federation.

Inquiry Fraud and error in the benefits system

Witnesses Jan Smith, External Affairs Director, Callcredit Information Group, Simon Dukes, Chief Executive, CIFAS, and Sean Duffield, Partner and Public Sector Director, Nuance Communications.

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform, Department for Work and Pensions, and Kris Hopkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Geoff Fimister, Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice, Yvette Burgess, Unit Director, Housing Support Enabling Unit Coalition of Care and Support providers in Scotland, Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange, Maria Zealey, Unit Manager, Surrey Welfare Rights Unit, and Joanna Kennedy, Chief Executive, Zaccheus 2000 Trust.

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Steve McIntosh, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Carers UK, Dr Sam Royston, Poverty and Early Years Policy Adviser, Children's Society, Paul Anderson, Policy Manager, Homeless Link, Anna Page, Policy, Public Affairs and Research Manager, St Mungo's, Andrew Fraser, Director, Public Health Science, Scottish Public Health Network and NHS Scotland, and Hilary Fisher, Director of Policy, Voice and Membership, Women's Aid.

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Chartered Institute of Housing, Peabody Trust Housing Association, Placeshapers, Riverside Housing Association, and Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Steve Fothergill, Director, Industrial Communities Alliance, Councillor Sharon Taylor, Chair, Local Government Association Finance Panel, Local Government Association, Councillor Joyce McCarty, Deputy Leader, Newcastle City Council, and Laurence Coaker, Head, Housing Needs, West London Housing Partnership; Jennifer Barnes, Policy and Research Manager, Centrepoint, Carolyn Uphill, Chairman, National Landlords Association, and Chris Town, Vice Chairman, Residential Landlords Association (at 10.45 am).

Inquiry Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Witnesses Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Robert Joyce, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Professor Steve Wilcox, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York.

Inquiry Update on auto-enrolment and a range of current pensions issues

Witnesses Steve Webb MP, Minister for Pensions and Sarah Healey, Strategy Director for Private Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions.