Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee
Conclusion 3
Second Report: The appointment of Dr Stephen Brien as the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee
Published 11 Sep 2020
Paragraph 11
Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Pensions Committee Appointment of the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We recognise that the Secretary of State did not want to restart the recruitment process for this role, given how far advanced it was at the point we were notified. If this mistake happens again, we would expect the Department to start over. We note that there are two further DWP posts subject to pre-appointment scrutiny due to become vacant in the near future. We expect the Department to offer a model of best practice in these, and future, recruitments.
From: Work and Pensions Committee, Second Report: The appointment of Dr Stephen Brien as the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (HC 733), paragraph 11, 11 September 2020
Government response
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