A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related ...

social security and set out the Government's intentions to place more emphasis on self
reliance and less on dependency on the State; cutting unemployment; rooting out fraud; and
encouraging greater self provision. This was followed by a series of documents: - "Principles
into Practice, Cm.4101; "The Gateway to Work", Cm.4102; "Support for Disabled People",
Cm.4103; and "Partnership in Pensions", Cm.4179, which proposed a framework for
stakeholder pension schemes; reform of the state earnings related pensions scheme (SERPS);
strengthening the framework for occupational pension schemes; and increasing the level of
personal savings. See 1999.
The Department of Social Security published a Green Paper, "Beating Fraud is
Everyone's Business", Cm.4012, proposing the creation of a cadre of skilled investigators to
stamp out