NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) changes (22 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-changes?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c49f9b30-8e47-48a8-a5b3-bd179a29df46&utm_content=daily.

• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claim forms (22 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-claim-forms?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1a767272-13f6-4533-ae2d-e587c3c09973&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide (21 May 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=f4ec5a5f-5e3e-43a9-a354-0aea819d0957&utm_content=daily.

• Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024 (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8ffaf5ff-4215-4939-b93a-3c9398901294&utm_content=daily.

• Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2024 (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5421a062-0952-4b74-86f5-d836008cf88d&utm_content=daily.

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) handbook (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-fact-sheets?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c6edf179-1994-43dd-aa15-bb25cd874119&utm_content=daily.

• Child maintenance decision makers' guide (20 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-decision-makers-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=34e136d8-31cd-4902-bd0a-89421a122fd8&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 11: Industrial injuries benefits: staff guide (20 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-11-industrial-injuries-benefits-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=95b72063-f63e-4d36-8f93-8da6f75e77d0&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3b4447c3-9475-4f83-a9d0-64607df8876f&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates: 2024 to 2025 (20 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-housing-allowance-rates-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fdd57cd3-5246-47c4-8157-7a38cf6f521d&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Access to Work: staff guide (24 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=eebd6cfe-f8dc-42f8-92a7-8fc52d318588&utm_content=daily.

• Help and support for older workers (24 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-and-support-for-older-workers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=39e9a498-dcae-4373-a288-80d50f9adcce&utm_content=daily.

• Employing disabled people: Disability Confident and CIPD manager’s guide (24 May 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=4b9cd57d-5d2d-4aa5-ab46-02554764a426&utm_content=daily.

• Plan for Jobs Cross-cutting Evaluation Wave 1 and 2 synthesis report (23 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-jobs-cross-cutting-evaluation-wave-1-and-2-synthesis-report?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d8952bf3-8e89-43e0-8b5f-1e1a57726a5a&utm_content=daily.

• DWP: prompt payment data 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 (23 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-prompt-payment-data-1-april-2023-to-31-march-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=51d04ce1-f89d-4dd1-b1c0-a567e8aaa800&utm_content=daily.

• Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families indicators 2024 (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-indicators-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=38a4c67d-9808-4697-8b8e-e7da65cd1fce&utm_content=daily.

• Job Start Payment: Service Level Agreement (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-start-payment-service-level-agreement?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=514a4b07-ca34-4e77-ab41-3bee04d90a21&utm_content=daily.

• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=738a9a62-aca7-48f7-ab69-14599c78d4c4&utm_content=daily.

• DWP factual medical reports: guidance for healthcare professionals (21 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-factual-medical-reports-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7517742a-83f6-436d-8f24-4f9b018e6643&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (20 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=31269ca1-135d-470b-8927-03e98bce4b86&utm_content=daily.

• Upcoming DWP research publications (20 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-upcoming-research-publications?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ca979273-5614-4ace-bb02-0d15653959a7&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.