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: 2024 (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-welfare-direct-bulletins-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=deed8e2e-7fd7-4e0e-bae9-38d053544aa0&utm_content=daily.

• DWP benefits statistics: February 2024 (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-february-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e60dddce-4f8e-4a1b-898d-ba713f7ac12e&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit sanctions statistics: publication strategy (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-sanction-statistics-publication-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=287ca4a5-4732-43a8-9971-8927eb29e29f&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit sanctions statistics to November 2023 (official statistics in development) (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-november-2023-official-statistics-in-development?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=86e9897b-2c17-4d97-b7aa-95871ddf5ed0&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit sanctions durations and sanction rate calculation: explanation of methodology (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-sanctions-durations-and-sanction-rate-calculation-explanation-of-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c3d1d418-fb5a-46f1-b134-ac66561e9670&utm_content=daily.

• DWP benefits statistical summaries: policies and statements (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-summary-policies-and-statements?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a536b40d-256c-470a-97c4-11d326624cb2&utm_content=daily.

• Maternity Allowance quarterly statistics: June to August 2023 (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics-june-to-august-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=507fd2dd-a49c-4656-8692-caca176931c8&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• The impact of the two-child limit in Universal Credit (14 February 2024)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9301/.

• Constituency data: Universal Credit rollout (14 February 2024)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-universal-credit-roll-out/.

• Universal Credit: Housing Queries Routeway (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-housing-queries-routeway?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=600b7d98-d9fd-49bd-85b6-5a79007815a6&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 11 January 2024 (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-11-january-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f38d4d7b-dee6-49f9-8c50-61c83fe57946&utm_content=daily.

• Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to December 2023 (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-july-2022-to-december-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=54f9c65a-8d6c-4d53-9692-7be436d27b32&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=91721d98-120c-48ef-a1f1-43ef25c88c40&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit statistics: background information and methodology (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ad4bcdf9-836c-4bf9-a75a-2fedcb44c46b&utm_content=daily.

• Move to Universal Credit statistics: background information (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-background-information?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=437156a5-2426-4f86-bcd2-9ad238d31ada&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit statistics: release strategy (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=216f9167-f517-4a4a-b622-3ac5eb805e3c&utm_content=daily.

• Move to Universal Credit statistics: release strategy (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-release-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=49df383c-2f77-4506-aeec-41453f5cdf49&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (15 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=466ceac0-8fe1-472b-b436-65d58496e708&utm_content=daily.

• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=068b4774-8fc6-4b60-b6bd-380ff6baebba&utm_content=daily.

• Complaints about DWP: financial year 2023 to 2024 (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-dwp-financial-year-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fae23fb2-bfbd-41d7-b77c-62c132126e56&utm_content=daily.

• Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2023 to 2024 (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=87584db0-fb61-4c6e-92fa-5d40003a9586&utm_content=daily.

• Work experience: employer guide (14 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employers-could-you-offer-work-experience?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b9d84b00-fc1d-4b1e-9b80-2083b67cc405&utm_content=daily.

• Cost of Living Payment 2023 to 2024 management information (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-2023-to-2024-management-information?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=89fd294b-417d-43b0-a404-e0bb7255eb4e&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (13 February 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d75d4468-32c3-4bab-9000-5a821a79c36e&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.