NEWS

The latest DWP news can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions. 

GOV.UK ALERTS

The latest Gov.UK Alerts from the DWP are set out below:-

Benefits

Carer's Allowance in Scotland: Agency Agreement and Service Level Agreement (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-allowance-in-scotland-agency-agreement-and-service-level-agreement?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8a91d6d7-0f95-4747-9b4a-9c150652b45c&utm_content=daily.

Lower benefit cap: quantitative analysis of outcomes of capped households (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lower-benefit-cap-quantitative-analysis-of-outcomes-of-capped-households?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d14be884-4fb6-492f-b911-9328d10ac87d&utm_content=daily.

Decision makers’ guide: Vols 4, 5, 6 and 7: Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support: staff guide (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vols-4-5-6-and-7-jobseekers-allowance-and-income-support-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b0fd18c3-2dc5-4ee5-8cd8-46ecc83bf3a7&utm_content=daily.

Decision makers’ guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vols-8-and-9-employment-and-support-allowance-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dbe5e060-fa23-4152-bfc6-73cf55d4bd98&utm_content=daily.

Decision makers’ guide: Vol 10: Benefits for incapacity, disability, maternity and bereavement: staff guide (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-10-benefits-for-incapacity-disability-maternity-and-bereavement-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=53997d9a-635c-46d2-a888-14791ba83951&utm_content=daily.

LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2023 (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-welfare-direct-bulletins-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a6debfe5-381d-4d4b-8f57-d3de95764963&utm_content=daily.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2022-23: Taxation of new social security benefits (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9771/.

Benefit and pension rates 2023 to 2024 (18 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-and-pension-rates-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8ed075b1-4335-43d8-8578-b59d0ddb7be0&utm_content=daily.

Benefit and pension rates 2023 to 2024 (17 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-and-pension-rates-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a5e3fad2-2b6c-4621-a291-11627d71cc9c&utm_content=daily.

Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) (17 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-assurance-process-hbap?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=075513f3-fae8-42be-a218-b70e8798cbff&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

Universal Credit: a checklist before claiming (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-checklist-before-claiming/.

Advice for decision making: staff guide (19 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2bbbac3f-4fc6-4a2b-a556-df0ff6b55815&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 9 March 2023 (18 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-9-march-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=216c1c75-bb79-445c-bfb0-c46a3f70b7c1&utm_content=daily.

Advice for decision making: staff guide (17 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3d675634-fbd8-4903-a056-33d82a40d86c&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

DWP and CMG: spending over £500, March 2023 (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-and-cmg-spending-over-500-march-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2c635725-79b8-46f9-adc8-11400877f58a&utm_content=daily.

Household Support Fund 2 management information: 1 April to 30 September 2022 (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-2-management-information-1-april-to-30-september-2022?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=74ebac4e-b02e-43d2-9e6e-3e577fd3e0b5&utm_content=daily.

Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=62f80e8f-59cc-4371-a278-abc20ab9604e&utm_content=daily.

Decision makers’ guide: Vols 13 and 14: State Pension Credit: staff guide (20 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vols-13-and-14-state-pension-credit-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=87e70ab1-2dec-4ff3-9ad9-c8b6eb373853&utm_content=daily.

ESF Action Notes: 2014 to 2020 programme (18 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-action-notes-2014-to-2020-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ebc49092-312d-4b62-b271-c38a607f17cd&utm_content=daily.

Access to Work guide for employers (18 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-guide-for-employers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=68a17920-7c57-40d7-815c-b672e9450541&utm_content=daily.

Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (17 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6afc48f5-1cb2-4f93-b67e-29f0eded3079&utm_content=daily.

DWP medical evidence forms: how to order them (17 April 2023)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-medical-evidence-forms-how-to-order-them?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=526ddc09-f5c8-42a2-9c65-4f0ba58af4e0&utm_content=daily.