Social Security Experience Panels: legacy report - visual summary

Panel members

Over the six years that the Experience Panels ran, more than 2,400 people joined as panel members.

Most joined the panel in 2017 after being invited through a random sample of existing claimants for the devolved benefits, delivered at that point by the UK-Government Department for Work and Pensions. Other panel members were recruited through an open invitation in the press and on social media.

A second wave of recruitment was undertaken from summer 2019 to spring 2020, to replace inactive members and to target groups that were underrepresented on the panels.

Demographic information about panel members can be found in the visual summary Social Security Experience Panels: who is in the panels