SSAC Vs Secretary of State

A new report published today by Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) gives many recommendations that are rejected by the Secretary of State..

http://www.ssac.org.uk/pdf/23-report-2010.pdf

Migration to ESA ..we had concerns that these arrangements could not be implemented without operational stress and adverse impacts on significant numbers of vulnerable people

We were worried that the Government had underestimated the level of support needed by this group of customers, both in terms of their participation in an active benefit regime and the support they would need to move closer to the labour market.

In response the Secretary of State felt unable to accept all of our recommendations. In particular she did not share our view that the migration should be delayed or that the trial period should be extended