NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cf0945c8-e986-4c28-bccf-31d71554c0e9&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide (14 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=fa522f85-355b-4c4c-ac36-86420f24e1d6&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit cap: number of households capped to August 2023 (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=43260ce1-829e-482e-aa97-b4355d64a604&utm_content=daily.

• LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2023 (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-welfare-direct-bulletins-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f75e1141-c585-4a8d-916a-e343a4038639&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (11 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=34f403c3-f0cf-4a7e-a04c-190d2e4715d4&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics, April 2019 to September 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics-april-2019-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0981f05c-e939-473d-b9c2-b03dba79e59b&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit WCA statistics: release strategy (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-wca-statistics-release-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=630408ac-aab4-4fca-8629-663ef230e184&utm_content=daily.

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6b9633f4-e7ef-4e18-8611-337f7faa5564&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit for the self-employed (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a0d5eacb-f627-4c17-98ce-350208e4d9ec&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 9 November 2023 (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-9-november-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7cafc082-5853-4d25-9443-287c6cbe71ea&utm_content=daily.

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=145c98b6-26a3-414b-a795-afeaf3ecd9b6&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (15 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=46c22b2c-dbf5-4c05-957d-e2274070ed43&utm_content=daily.

• ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: December 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0097d69d-90b3-4350-be96-cd8477c6313e&utm_content=daily.

• European Social Fund: eligibility documents (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-social-fund-eligibility-documents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6459f549-0a7b-4e75-b37d-c62ace26a91a&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 2: International subjects: staff guide (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-2-international-subjects-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=50ab1d04-b31e-41fc-b801-d597ff30427e&utm_content=daily.

• DWP and CMG: spending over £500, October 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-and-cmg-spending-over-500-october-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3680fa8d-8bf8-4038-94d1-926db175d475&utm_content=daily.

• DWP complaints: Annual report by the Independent Case Examiner 2022 to 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-complaints-annual-report-by-the-independent-case-examiner-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=636bd570-94a8-4b89-bfff-5cf951d9d7d0&utm_content=daily.

• DWP's special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwps-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=53557f8d-8be2-420a-a9d6-7d3d6e85bc84&utm_content=daily.

• DWP senior officials' business expenses and hospitality, July to September 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-hospitality-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4f14847b-0cb0-4cdc-8af7-0aefefd23502&utm_content=daily.

• DWP ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, July to September 2023 (14 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e96fed0d-cbdc-464d-a6f6-a9ce05ea5b9e&utm_content=daily.

• Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2023 to 2024 (13 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=b098ac34-7311-4140-a16b-e68d3af6350e&utm_content=daily.

• Medical guidance for DLA decision makers (child cases): staff guide (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medical-guidance-for-dla-decision-makers-child-cases-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=06b69970-ce47-45db-9f01-898c95d67603&utm_content=daily.

• DWP procurement: security policies and standards (12 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-procurement-security-policies-and-standards?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3248661e-a794-48c8-b36e-f7cffe0ace20&utm_content=daily.

• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (11 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c5e06684-3a25-4644-97b6-6c436e517219&utm_content=daily.

• DWP official social media accounts (11 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-registered-twitter-accounts?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4d9ceeeb-0f98-481a-a253-7317d4b5a2a5&utm_content=daily.

• National Insurance number instructions for staff (11 December 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-number-allocations-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5cc1e621-7324-401c-b59c-16ac713a4ed0&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.