‘Unfolding horror’ at Social Security

Monday 25th February 2008, 2:29PM GMT.

keyboard-typing.jpgSOCIAL SECURITY’S overspend of £3m. is an unfolding  horror story, with key chapters of lack of accountability and communication, according to Deputy Jean Pritchard.

The overspend has led the Public Accounts Committee to recommend that the department’s autonomy over its budget should be scrapped.

The Scrutiny Committee chairwoman was one of about 20 current and past deputies who turned out for a meeting on Friday organised by the department to argue its side of the PAC review of its spend on its new computer system.


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    B.L.Cumner

    It’s very obvious that all States related budgets should come under the control of Treasury & Resources.

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