Summaries and dates of meetings in 2008

Nineteenth Meeting – London 30-31 January 2008

At the pre meeting evening event on 30 January, the Committee heard from Sally Witcher, previous Chair of DEAC. Sally, brought the Committee up-to-date on the work of the Office for Disability Issues and her role within ODI.

During the meeting the Committee:

Received updates on the Employment and Support Allowance and the Review of Disability Employment Services.
Heard from the Director of Welfare to Work, DWP, who reminded DEAC of recent developments in Welfare Reform policy and provided a forward look at the work his Directorate would be involved with.
Were given a presentation from the Child Poverty Unit on the work being done to meet the 2010/2011 target of halving the 1989 figure of people experiencing child poverty.
Received updates on project work and looked ahead to future topics for consideration.

Twentieth Meeting - Sheffield 17 April 2008

The theme of this one day special meeting was Health, Work and Well-being and the Committee heard from representatives from the DWP’s Health, Work and Well-being Directorate who gave updates on:

The DWP’s Health, Work and Well-being Strategy.
Dame Carol Black’s Review of the Health of the Working Age Population.
Mental Health and Employment.

18/19 June 2008. Meeting to be held in Edinburgh.

22/23 October 2008. Meeting to be held in Cardiff.