Social Security Advisory Committee to face questions on DWP managed migration process to Universal Credit
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Chair and members of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) will face questions from MPs in a one-off session on Wednesday, October 12 examining the ‘managed migration’ process for moving people from legacy benefits to Universal Credit.
The SSAC is an independent body responsible for advising the Secretary of State on Social Security matters. The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sir Stephen Timms MP, are expected to ask about the impact of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision to scrap its commitment to ask Parliament for a vote to scale up the programme after 10,000 claimants were moved during a test period.
The Committee may ask whether this reduces accountability, especially considering SSAC’s own claim that DWP’s planned approach to oversight amounts to “marking its own homework”.
With the Help to Claim Service due to end in March 2023, despite managed migration accelerating later in the year, the Committee may also ask whether there are sufficient safeguards to protect claimants who do not move themselves to Universal Credit as expected.
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