NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2024 (12 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c2781040-c1c5-4769-b3df-140eaf6344f5&utm_content=daily.

• Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2024 (11 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c38c2a7a-fcf0-428c-aacb-1a0c3dd591bf&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=96fc9008-d03e-4d05-95ad-0c8e8eede303&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 4, 5, 6 and 7: Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  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=d2935e13-c8a0-4a72-b686-84a0f174ff38&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  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=bdefaaf9-ce7c-45a2-af8d-96ae9c2b8e57&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 10: Benefits for incapacity, disability, maternity and bereavement: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  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=5f2d2a08-ca84-45b4-84a9-9dbf568dccb5&utm_content=daily.

• Housing Benefit subsidy initial estimates: Apr 2024 to Mar 2025 (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-initial-estimates-apr-2024-to-mar-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=04dd8ecd-82f4-445c-b9d2-8cf5fe2a00e7&utm_content=daily.

• Employment and Support Allowance: permitted work form (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-and-support-allowance-permitted-work-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8cb3d8bd-3c26-422f-ab5f-c5f7fc3495b9&utm_content=daily.

• Carer's Allowance claim form (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-allowance-claim-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6b3ecdf2-10b4-418a-b7bc-a6c74eb9deaa&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit for the self-employed (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3622464b-5901-45b0-a6f7-06b897df1884&utm_content=daily.

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6b3d3943-10c4-409b-a57d-00ccee4ad00e&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit and you (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=59cfeab9-0430-4afe-b24f-f578a6800407&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit: further information for families (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-your-family-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dbb0d39c-ebee-4d10-805a-5f9903d04c2a&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• List of upcoming releases of management information and ad hoc analyses (12 April 2024)
  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=68d5912c-f073-457a-82c1-23b758aaac88&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases (12 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/list-of-scheduled-upcoming-ad-hoc-statistical-releases?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=296a5b75-97ca-4b0c-9f06-e24d1791bc8c&utm_content=daily.

• Restart Scheme provider guidance (12 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restart-provider-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ae4e58ef-c6e5-4456-a9d0-cc7f67beaf4d&utm_content=daily.

• Disability Confident service providers (12 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-service-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=686ca8b0-51fb-4e3f-b68f-7ba238b34474&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (11 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3b8e66b4-87b8-4b83-a345-e31c8fff8790&utm_content=daily.

• Access to Work provider memos (11 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/atwlr02-provider-memo-access-to-work?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=82031900-25c2-4713-9be2-6941523e0621&utm_content=daily.

• European Social Fund Operational Programme: 2014 to 2020 (10 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-social-fund-operational-programme-2014-to-2020?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7a8fa436-b025-4dc1-bfbf-0e0270752233&utm_content=daily.

• Employing disabled people: Disability Confident and CIPD manager’s guide (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-and-cipd-guide-for-line-managers-on-employing-people-with-a-disability-or-health-condition?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e4c0d24c-63f6-472d-8eb9-00f4e9dd3d45&utm_content=daily.

• Pension Credit toolkit (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8734c1b9-ff70-4704-9642-08c58f966f79&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 13 and 14: State Pension Credit: staff guide (9 April 2024)
  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=11ea1ea4-56c5-4f04-945e-1231d9981c81&utm_content=daily.

• The basic State Pension claim form (9 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-basic-state-pension?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=86887d50-a688-434b-92dd-60da06f773ae&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f2057849-d899-4034-916f-acf42dc2874e&utm_content=daily.

• Your new State Pension explained (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/your-new-state-pension-explained?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e4508797-5412-4a2b-9457-abd0e9be8a73&utm_content=daily.

• Pension Credit toolkit (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f2d418e1-7d94-4e43-9b1d-204adede9f01&utm_content=daily.

• Child maintenance: how we review cases every year: leaflet (8 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-how-we-review-cases-every-year-leaflet?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=00ee1af7-1a14-4b63-80cb-35e4a6f75d83&utm_content=daily.

ANNUAL REPORT & 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.