NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2023 (17 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-welfare-direct-bulletins-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8cba1d48-661b-430d-9000-c816a4865517&utm_content=daily.
   
• Maternity benefits: detailed guide (17 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-benefits-technical-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c3ac9bea-2dfd-4d49-9069-bf1a400ac317&utm_content=daily.
   
• Housing Benefit subsidy audited final claims: Apr 2021 to Mar 2022 (16 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-audited-final-claims-apr-2021-to-mar-2022?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=abf978f2-cd73-43ee-9bb9-e5bae70bdab1&utm_content=daily.
   
• Benefit sanctions statistics to May 2023 (experimental) (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-may-2023-experimental?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ff868115-32ce-4901-8d17-cd693d31c008&utm_content=daily.
   
• Maternity Allowance quarterly statistics: December 2022 to February 2023 (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics-december-2022-to-february-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=61f86550-89be-4313-b9b0-edb62a30e949&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP benefits statistics: August 2023 (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-august-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=077643f4-f608-4bfd-b7ec-7e54310278d7&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP benefits statistical summaries: policies and statements (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-summary-policies-and-statements?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4881e20b-8915-4d4f-8b48-3ff00b2e1bb0&utm_content=daily.
   
• Deductions from benefit: how creditors can apply (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-request-deductions-from-benefit-a-guide-for-creditors?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e8d48bb4-15d1-4cba-96aa-261b307c2282&utm_content=daily.
   
• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 10: Benefits for incapacity, disability, maternity and bereavement: staff guide (14 August 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=8f954236-e294-472b-8c1c-7334df724890&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 13 July 2023 (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-13-july-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=57b1bbac-dabf-4b1c-b018-896da641c0f3&utm_content=daily.

• Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to May 2023 (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-july-2022-to-may-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=37062a62-7d4f-4a1e-9e7f-dd3c32488325&utm_content=daily.
   
• Move to Universal Credit statistics: release strategy (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-release-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1e826669-6f0c-40c4-ac3e-659da82d351a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Universal Credit statistics: background information and methodology (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=67f00b46-0daa-4595-b619-687347986504&utm_content=daily.
   
• Completing the Move to Universal Credit: learning from initial Tax Credit migrations (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit-learning-from-initial-tax-credit-migrations?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c610e03e-58c6-458d-8640-75d4caa90907&utm_content=daily.
   
• Move to Universal Credit statistics: background information (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-background-information?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dd288c82-81b7-42f7-a384-ab259b4825e4&utm_content=daily.
   
• Universal Credit statistics: release strategy (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6584b043-407a-40b1-9bac-facf8efacfa7&utm_content=daily.
   
• Universal Credit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology (15 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=105b6c51-5b7f-47d9-b293-d364976ce03a&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Complaints about DWP: financial year 2023 to 2024 (16 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-dwp-financial-year-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4770db48-da27-44cd-bbfe-26cc27844d0a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (14 August 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4fcebc92-75d5-4601-a246-d3f8e01edaca&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP medical evidence forms: how to order them (14 August 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=e61ee7a6-41a4-49bf-9ee6-203ea892ea3d&utm_content=daily.

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022/23

The Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 of the DWP can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=09efc5a7-497b-4934-8f6f-6ae76a2d2261&utm_content=daily.