NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 3: Subjects common to all benefits: staff guide (8 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-3-subjects-common-to-all-benefits-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=69840a4a-1d99-4dd1-8ac8-3720581b5400&utm_content=daily.

• Child maintenance decision makers' guide (8 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-decision-makers-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=32e29cff-a2ca-44c9-ad8b-a045294cf478&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (8 December 2023)

            https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0cfa6001-f865-4c1f-aed9-53390fc47a18&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 4, 5, 6 and 7: Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support: staff guide (8 December 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=91a5c3ac-faa9-4c49-a77c-fb548321737e&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide (8 December 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=b721c087-8e67-4b73-aecf-474b33d41967&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 10: Benefits for incapacity, disability, maternity and bereavement: staff guide (8 December 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=9bcc739a-d47d-43b2-a196-31aa7c8c3f55&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 13 and 14: State Pension Credit: staff guide (8 December 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=39ec1022-8352-45da-9b19-78a118ec9529&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit claims during the COVID-19 pandemic by health conditions and socio-economic characteristics (6 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-claims-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-health-conditions-and-socio-economic-characteristics?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=542cc8f5-32aa-463a-84c2-0fefdad023f6&utm_content=daily.

• Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) (6 December 2023)

         https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-assurance-process-hbap?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8880fec9-4894-48a9-9e94-ab6cbc278498&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

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Miscellaneous

• Disability Confident service providers (8 December 2023)

          https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-service-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5a1c341c-39e0-4c7f-b7d4-56bc0f254d89&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 12: Pensions: staff guide (8 December 2023)

          https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-12-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pension-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d064deb5-0e95-47de-adaf-e4200b9754ef&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: abbreviations: staff guide (8 December 2023)

        https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-abbreviations-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f6f61eab-90ca-4d98-bbbe-5469ef5c43e0&utm_content=daily.

• Restart Scheme statistics: background and methodology (7 December 2023)

        https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restart-scheme-statistics-background-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e576f3ce-499f-4079-adcf-c65f0c5da76a&utm_content=daily.

• Restart Scheme statistics to October 2023 (7 December 2023)

          https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/restart-scheme-statistics-to-october-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a466a1cb-bd78-42f8-900b-3453c472c000&utm_content=daily

• Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2023 to 2024 (6 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=545bdce7-c8c6-4445-a8ee-2a05603e80ad&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming releases of management information and ad hoc analyses (6 December 2023)

         https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-upcoming-releases-of-management-information-and-ad-hoc-analyses?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d75f0abc-fd17-4871-ad95-1cd71769b8bf&utm_content=daily.

• Social Fund account 2022 to 2023 (4 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-account-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=674068d4-2e16-4abe-ae06-06455cb9c5d4&utm_content=daily.

• Pension Credit toolkit (4 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d0cc125d-5c98-4bbb-a06b-0200c65c37c6&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.