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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the current members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions; in what form the advice of the committee is communicated to the Minister with special responsibility for war pensions; if this advice is publicly available; on what dates the committee has met since January 1993; and (a) if the minutes and (b) the committee's annual report are publicly available. [10228] Mr. Heald: The current members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions are listed below. Advice form members comes through discussion at the meetings, which are chaired by my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister of State, Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, and through individual written representations. Copies of the minutes of committee meetings and supporting papers are distributed to members of the committee, the chairmen and vice chairmen of war pensions committees and to certain ex-service organisations which are not directly represented on the committee. Copies are not usually distributed more widely, but details of the main issues considered by the committee are published in the war pensioners' annual report{1}. The committee does not produce its own annual report. Since January 1993, the committee has met on the following dates: 24 June 1993; 2 December 1993; 23 June 1994; 7 December 1994; 29 June 1995; 7 December 1995; 13 June 1996; and 5 December 1996. Members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Members Mrs. P. A. Ade obe Chairman, North and West Wales War Pensions Committee (WPC) Major J. Aitkin td ca Chairman, The Royal British Legion Scotland Major General C. G. Cornock cb mbe Chairman, The Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations Mr. T. S. Deeming mbe Chairman, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire WPC Brigadier A. K. Dixon Director, Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society Mr. P. H. Dixon obe ma Vice Chairman, SSAFA Forces Help Mr. G. Downing Chairman, The Royal British Legion Mr. I. Duncan Smith mp Conservative party Mr. W. R. Dunn mbe Chairman, Northumbria WPC Mr. I. Grainger Departmental Representative Major J. W. Henning mbe ud Chairman, Northern Ireland WPC Mr. D. B. Hilton The Royal British Legion Scotland Lt. Col. R. R. Holland obe bem General Secretary, British Limbless Ex-Servicemans' Association Mr. T. C. House The Royal British Legion Mr. W. G. MacDonald Chairman, North of Scotland WPC Lord Mackie of Benshie cbe dso dfc Liberal Democrat party Mr. A. Meale mp Labour party Mrs. H. Murphy mbe Honorary Secretary, War Widows' Association of Great Britain Mr. W. S. Mutimer mbe jp mipm Chairman, London South WPC Mrs. P. Newnes obe Chairman, West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire WPC Mr. F. E. Onyon mbe Chairman, Lancashire WPC Sir Roger Palin kcb obe ma Controller, RAF Benevolent Fund Mr. A. G. Palmer mbe Chairman, East Anglia WPC Mr. H. L. Payne cbe President, National Federation of FEPOW Clubs and Associations Brigadier H. L. B. Salmon obe Chairman, The Chilterns WPC Mr. F. E. Walker mbe Chairman, Sussex WPC Lt. Col. R. G. Woodhouse dl Chairman, South West England WPC _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish and Mrs. Anne Bowtell, DSS permanent secretary, are ex officio members of the Committee. Captain D. J. Mooney, Chairman of the Republic of Ireland War Pensions Advisory Committee, is an official observer to the Committee. {1} Report to Parliament by the Secretaries of State for Social Security, Health, Scotland and Wales in accordance with the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (SI 1198).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

10228; 288 c150-1W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

War pensions Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions