Welfare policy in Northern Ireland inquiry

Inquiry by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Work and Pensions Committee, 9 April 2019 to 5 September 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 31st Report - Welfare Policy in Northern Ireland (First Joint Report of the Work and Pensions and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committees) (9 September 2019)
• 10th Report - Welfare policy in Northern Ireland (First Joint Report of the Work and Pensions and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committees) (9 September 2019)
• Government response to the Work and Pensions and Northern Ireland Affairs Committee's report on Welfare Policy in Northern Ireland (5 November 2019)

Evidence sessions

• 10 June 2019: John, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Claimant, Kirsty, Alan, Sabrina, Universal Credit claimants, and George, Housing Benefit and PIP claimant; Kelly Andrews, Chief Executive, Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid, Professor Eileen Evason, Chair, Welfare Reform Mitigations Working Group, Kevin Higgins, Head of Policy, Advice NI, and Kate McCauley, Policy and Practice Manager, Housing Rights (at 11.00am).
• 1 July 2019: Kieran Donnelly, Comptroller and Auditor General, Denver Lynn, Director, and Anu Kane, Audit Manager, Northern Ireland Audit Office; Tracy Meharg, Permanent Secretary, Anne McCleary, Director, Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, David Sales, Universal Credit Programme Director, and David Tarr, Department for Communities NI (at 5.15pm).