Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness

Economic Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 Oct 2024 Closed: 28 Apr 2025 Parliament page
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry into the relationship between the welfare system and long-term sickness in Great Britain, as a follow up to its 2022 inquiry into economic inactivity. Rates of economic inactivity – measured as a proportion of people of working age – … Read more
6 Oral sessions
5 Letters
10 Events
Activity timeline 21 events
28 Apr
2025
Correspondence
20 Jan
2025
Correspondence
14 Jan
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
7 Jan
2025
Correspondence
7 Jan
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
7 Jan
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · To be confirmed
16 Dec
2024
Correspondence
10 Dec
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
3 Dec
2024
Oral evidence
3 Dec
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
26 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
26 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
3 Dec 2024
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Alison McGovern MP · Department for Work and Pensions Shaun Butcher · Department for Work and Pensions Tom Younger · Department for Work and Pensions
26 Nov 2024
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Huw Pill · Bank of England
19 Nov 2024
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Professor Ben Geiger · King’s College London Professor Jonathan Portes · King’s College London
12 Nov 2024
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Dr Sean Phillips · Policy Exchange Edward Davies · Centre for Social Justice Louise Murphy · Resolution Foundation
5 Nov 2024
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Professor David Miles CBE · Office for Budget Responsibility Richard Hughes · Office for Budget Responsibility Tom Josephs · Office for Budget Responsibility
29 Oct 2024
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Eduin Latimer · Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) Tom Waters · Institute for Fiscal Studies
Correspondence 5 letters
28 Apr 2025 To committee Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (17 April 2025)
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20 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee to the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (20 January 2025)
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7 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment at DWP, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (12 December 2024)
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16 Dec 2024 To committee Letter from the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 November 2024)
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19 Nov 2024 To committee Letter from Richard Hughes, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (13 November 2024)
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