Lord Layard

Full title

The Lord Layard

Name

Peter Layard

Party/group

Labour

Joined the Lords

3 May 2000

Contact details

What you need to know when writing to a member of the House of Lords

Parliamentary

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 0207 219 5353
Fax: 0207 219 5979
contactholmember@parliament.uk

External/Private Office

Director, Wellbeing Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE
Tel: 020 7955 7048
Fax: 020 7955 7595
R.Layard@lse.ac.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

UK Parliament

Committee	House	Date
Economic Affairs Committee (L)	Lords	2004-08
EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade	Lords	2001-02

Professional life

Job title	Organisation	Date
Emeritus Professor	London School of Economics	1999-
Director	LSE Centre for Economic Performance	1990-12
Professor of Economics	London School of Economics	1980-99
Head	Centre for Labour Economics, LSE	1974-90
Deputy Director	Higher Education Research Unit, LSE	1964-74
Senior Research Officer	Robbins Committee on Higher Education	1961-63
Teacher		1958-61

Public life

Post	Organisation	Date
Chair	World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Health and Wellbeing	2011-12
Member	Measuring National Well-Being Advisory Forum, Office of National Statistics	2010-
National Adviser	Improved Access to Psychological Therapy Programme, Programme, Department of Health	2006-
Member	Select Committee on Economic Affairs, House of Lords	2004-08
Member	EU Sub-Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations), House of Lords	2001-02
Member	Modern Apprenticeship Advisory Committee (Chairman: Sir John Cassels)	2001-01
Consultant	Forward Strategy Unit, No.10 Downing Street	2001-01
Member	Moser Committee on Basic Skills for Adults	1998-99

Member's focus

Policy
Economy and finance
Education
Employment and training
Health services and medicine

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Programme Director, Well-Being Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
5: Land and property
- House in London and in Cornwall
10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Adviser, IAPT, Department of Health (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)