The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is a statutory body that provides impartial advice to the UK government on social security issues. When the SSAC reports on government proposals for regulations the report must be presented to Parliament together with the regulations and a statement from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions responding to any recommendations.
History The committee was formed in November 1980 and is now covered by the Social Security Administration Act 1992. It took over the advisory functions of the former Great Britain and Northern Ireland Supplementary Benefits Commissions and the National Insurance Advisory Committee, and also assumed advisory responsibility for family income supplement and child benefit which had not previously come within the scope of any advisory committee. The Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 extended the committee's responsibilities to cover advice on the new housing benefit scheme, replacing the Advisory Committee on Rent Rebates and Rent Allowances (ACRRRA) from April 1983.SSAC - About
Notable members Chairs Stephen Brien (2020–present) Liz Sayce (2019–2020) Professor Sir Ian Diamond (2018–2019) Paul Gray (2011–2018 )Paul Gray appointed as interim chair of the Social Security Advisory CommitteePaul Gray proposed as the next Social Security Advisory Committee chair Deep Sagar (2011)Deep Sagar proposed as the next Social Security Advisory Committee Chair Sir Richard Tilt (2004–2011) Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter (1995-2004)Department for Work and Pensions - Social Security Advisory Committee publishes seventeenth report Sir Michael Bett (1993–1995) Sir Peter Barclay (1984–1993)Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Sir Peter Barclay retires from JRF chair Sir Arthur Armitage (1980–1984)Hansard 28 October 1980 vol 991 c266
Members Jacob Meagher (2024–2029) Professor Olive Stevenson (1982–2002) Professor Stephen Hardy (2023–)
References
External links Social Security Advisory Committee website