Iain Duncan Smith questioned on DWP Annual Report and Accounts

Witnesses

At 9.30am, Wednesday 5 November, Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Department for Work and Pensions

• Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State
• Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary
• Mike Driver, Finance Director General
  

Purpose of the session

This session is intended to be wide-ranging, covering the expenditure and administration of the Department for Work and Pensions across its areas of responsibility. The issues the session will cover are likely to include:

• Overall welfare spending and plans for further reductions
• Off-payroll arrangements of DWP staff
• Contribution of DWP policies to increase in employment rate
• Employment programmes
• Impact on expenditure of changed timescales for implementing benefit reforms: Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and ESA/Incapacity Benefit migration
• Progress with child maintenance reforms
• Local welfare provision
• Housing Benefit fraud and error

Further information 

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• Visiting Parliament: watch committees