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An exchange of correspondence between SSAC's Chair and the Minister for Social Security and Disability about the benefit treatment of infected blood payments received from the estate of a deceased infected person.
Correspondence between SSAC and DWP about the Universal Credit surplus earnings and self-employed losses for Universal Credit claimants.
A report on the impact of Universal Credit on 'passported' benefits by SSAC (includes the government response).
This call for evidence seeks views on the Claimant Commitment, which Universal Credit claimants need to accept in order to receive Universal Credit payments.
The Minister for Work and Pensions, the Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL, has appointed Matthew Doyle to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Minister for Employment has written to SSAC responding to points raised about The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2021.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Report assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the benefits system and the measures needed to get people back to work.
Read the minutes of the Social Security Advisory Committee meetings.
Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) Freedom of Information (FOI) releases for 2016.
This project was conducted as part of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSAC) independent work programme, under which the committee investigates pertinent issues relating to the operation of the benefits system.
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