SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESS NOTICE
Date: 22 March 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Room 344, New Court, 48 Carey Street,
LONDON WC2A 2LS
Direct Line: 020-7412 1507
Fax: 020-7412 1570
Email: ssac@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.ssac.org.uk
22 March 2005
PRESS RELEASE
APPOINTMENT OF MR LES ALLAMBY AND MR SIMON BARTLEY TO THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SSAC)
The Social Security Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson, has appointed Mr Les Allamby and Mr Simon Bartley as members of the SSAC for three years from 1 March 2005.
Les Allamby is Director of Law Centre (NI). He is a solicitor and sociology and social administration graduate. He is a social security adviser involved in advocacy before the Social Security Commissioner, and with taking cases to the ECJ and ECHR on social security issues. He is currently a member of the Legal Services Commissioner in Northern Ireland. From 1999-2004 he was the Chairperson of the Standards Committee for Northern Ireland reporting on the quality of decision making for social security and child support. He has written widely on legal and social policy issues.
Simon Bartley is Managing Director of S4 Consulting Limited and Non-Executive Director or Company Secretary of a number of other Companies. He was educated at Durham University where in 1979 he graduated with a BSc in Engineering Science and Management and in 1985 with a MSc in Management Science. He is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Business Administration doing research into Small Businesses and Vocational Education. Simon is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and of CIBSE and a Fellow of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers. He is Chair of SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the Building Services Engineering Sector which covers the Electrotechnical, Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Plumbing Industries, a Member of The City & Guilds of London Institute Council and a Director of both SFEDI and the Council for Enterprise. Simon's other business representations include him being a Member of the Small Business Council as well as being the immediate past Chair of the CBI's Small and Medium Enterprise Council.
Note for Editors:
The SSAC is the advisory body for the United Kingdom on social security matters, except those relating to industrial injuries, war pensions, occupational pensions, and national insurance contributions. It has fourteen members, including the Chairman, each of whom is appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for a term of three years.
Appointments to the SSAC are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) and each appointment is overseen by an independent assessor approved by OCPA.
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