Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

Welfare safety net inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 4 Sep 2018 Closed: 5 Nov 2019 1 report

Report published. Awaiting Government Response. Report: Welfare safety net Report: Welfare safety net (PDF 157 MB) The Committee conducted an inquiry into the current state of the UK’s welfare safety net, prompted by the evidence of debt, hunger and homelessness it has heard across several recent inquiries. The inquiry, launched as the UN’s Special Rapporteur …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
28th Report - Welfare safety net HC 1539 31 Jul 2019 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
27 Mar 2019 Session View ↗
13 Feb 2019 Session View ↗
16 Jan 2019 Session View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
4 Nov 2019 To cttee Letter from The Baroness Stroud Chair Social Metrics Commission re follow-up of…
25 Apr 2019 Correspondence from Will Quince MP, Minister for Family Support, Housing and Ch…
27 Feb 2019 To cttee Letter from Michael Griffin, Senior Policy and Campaign Adviser, Parkinson’s UK…