Safeguarding vulnerable claimants inquiry: Work and Pensions Committee holds first oral evidence session
The Work and Pensions Committee examines how DWP supports vulnerable benefit claimants and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to change.
The session is a chance for MPs to ask academics and think tanks about the DWP’s responsibilities and accountability when it comes to safeguarding, whether there need to be new measures introduced to protect people from harm and the effectiveness of the process of reviewing cases.
Meeting details
At 9:25am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
Principal economist & head of quantitative research at Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Co Founder and Director at The Disability Policy Centre
Interim Head of Research and Policy at Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
Professor in Social Science and Health at King’s College London
Professor of Social Policy at University of Salford