The review
The panel will look at those mitigations, what else can be done to recognise further changes to social security and wider considerations on how the Panel can support low income groups through the social security system, for example, since the last review Universal Credit has been introduced in Northern Ireland and the two-child policy which restricts entitlement for new claimants to Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit and Housing Benefit to two children only.
The panel will be expected to cost any proposals which then have to be accepted by the Department for Communities and approved by the Northern Ireland Executive as the money will come from the Northern Ireland budget.
The terms of reference and the details of the panel members are available.
The panel would like to hear your views and experiences, whether as someone on social security or not. In particular, what do you think can be done to improve the current social security system?
You can provide your feedback by completing a short questionnaire.
Thank you in advance for sharing your feedback.