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Means testing

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 December 2011.

Oral Evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Wednesday 2 November 2011

Members present:

Margaret Hodge (Chair)	Meg Hillier
Mr Richard Bacon	Joseph Johnson
Stephen Barclay	Fiona Mactaggart
Jackie Doyle-Price	Austin Mitchell
Matthew Hancock	Nick Smith
Chris Heaton-Harris

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Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office, Michael Kell, Director, NAO, Gabrielle Cohen, Assistant Auditor General, NAO, Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, and Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, were in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Means testing (HC 1464)

CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group, Professor John Hills, London School of Economics, and Sally West, Income and Poverty Strategy Adviser, Age UK, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-26

Witnesses: Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, Steve Lamey, Director General, Benefits and Credits, HMRC, and Edward Troup, Director General, Tax and Welfare, HM Treasury, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

27-114

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Prepared 12 January 2012