{"id":45973,"date":"2014-08-04T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T08:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4d30e740917f297be5902cd707d822c3"},"modified":"2014-08-04T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T08:01:19","slug":"press-release-new-members-of-the-social-security-advisory-committee-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=45973","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New members of the Social Security Advisory Committee announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The 6 appointments are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Gr\u00e1inne McKeever<\/li>\n<li>Dr Jim McCormick<\/li>\n<li>Judith Paterson<\/li>\n<li>Oluseyi Obakin<\/li>\n<li>Rachael Badger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Existing member, Colin Godbold, has also been appointed for a second term for a further 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>The appointments were made following open competition, and the new members will take up their posts at various points over the next 6 months.  <\/p>\n<p>Lord Freud said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I am delighted to welcome these new members to the Social Security Advisory Committee. They will bring a wealth of skills and experience to the committee at an important time of fundamental welfare reform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul Gray, chairman of <abbr title=\"Social Security Advisory Committee\">SSAC<\/abbr> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">These appointments have been made at a particularly interesting time in terms of the welfare reform agenda, and the skills and experience that these members will bring to the committee ensure that we will continue to be able to provide authoritative and pertinent advice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"more-information\">More information<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/social-security-advisory-committee\">Social Security Advisory Committee<\/a> is an independent statutory body formed in 1980. It provides advice to the Secretary of State on proposals for the amendment of secondary legislation and on general social security matters as required. <\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk\/\">Commissioner for Public Appointments<\/a> regulates all appointments made by the Secretary of State to <abbr title=\"Social Security Advisory Committee\">SSAC<\/abbr>. All such appointments are made in accordance with the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk\/the-code-of-practice\/\">Code of Practice<\/a> published by the commissioner. The code is based on 3 core principles \u2013 merit, openness and fairness. <\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Social Security Advisory Committee\">SSAC<\/abbr> members receive a daily fee of \u00a3256.80, for a time commitment of at least 2 days a month. The appointments are for a period of 3 years. <\/p>\n<p>The successful candidates will join the committee on the following dates.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judith Paterson \u2013 1 September 2014<\/li>\n<li>Dr Jim McCormick \u2013 1 November 2014<\/li>\n<li>Oluseyi Obakin \u2013 1 December 2014 <\/li>\n<li>Dr Gr\u00e1inne McKeever \u2013 1 December 2014<\/li>\n<li>Rachael Badger \u2013 1 February 2015 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colin Godbold\u2019s contract will be extended for 3 years when his current term expires on 31 January 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Information about each member will be published on the date that their term starts. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact-press-office\">Contact Press Office<\/h2>\n<p>Media enquiries for this press release \u2013 020 3267 5109<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_827\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press Office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Caxton House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTothill Street<\/span><br \/><span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">SW1H 9NA<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">London Press Office (national media and London area enquiries only \u2013 not questions about personal claims)<\/span><br \/>\n              020 3267 5144\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out-of-hours (journalists only)<\/span><br \/>\n              076 59 108 883\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">England and Wales (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              029 20 586 then 097or 098 or 099\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Scotland (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              0131 310 1122\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice\">www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facebook \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dwp\">www.facebook.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp\">www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>YouTube \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwp\">www.youtube.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This appointment process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/29307\/cpa-mark.gif\"><\/div><figcaption>This appointment process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, has announced 6 appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}