NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Changes to winter fuel payments: The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (6 September 2024)
  https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/changes-to-winter-fuel-payments-the-social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-regulations-2024/.

• Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 1 September 2024 (6 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-pension-credit-claims-received-from-1-april-2024-to-1-september-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=34e1975f-2c91-4ba0-9107-0fcb62e0e62a&utm_content=daily.

• Housing Benefit Debt Recoveries statistics: April 2023 to March 2024 (4 September 2024) 
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-debt-recoveries-statistics-april-2023-to-march-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b992eed6-32b9-4303-9cb0-e31d3fe4db5e&utm_content=daily.

• Pension Credit toolkit (2 September 2024) 
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=43dc694c-54b6-4830-bc43-9cce2e840c8d&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit for the self-employed (6 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a598d24c-54a1-42b4-9507-ce306afcdb7a&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals (6 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=74cd0aac-d983-45cd-abe8-6f030e1cefa6&utm_content=daily.

• DWP factual medical reports: guidance for healthcare professionals (6 September 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=e1dbb67b-9ab7-43fd-ad8c-2f9640738254&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases (6 September 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=3d6aa949-7273-48b4-a455-e19c3306d780&utm_content=daily.

• Young Carer Grant in Scotland: Service Level Agreement (5 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-carer-grant-in-scotland-service-level-agreement?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0852a83d-7b90-4e8d-928d-8c6bc915a679&utm_content=daily.

• DWP procurement: security policies and standards (5 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-procurement-security-policies-and-standards?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fe65cd9f-e3fa-43b8-b42d-652d50f48ad9&utm_content=daily.

• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (4 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4e7e9d5a-5521-4206-b830-71ceb5ee547c&utm_content=daily.

• Nominations open for the Work and Pensions Committee Chair (4 September 2024)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/news/202685/nominations-open-for-the-work-and-pensions-committee-chair/.

• DWP and CMG: spending over £500, July 2024 (3 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-and-cmg-spending-over-500-july-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=eb7bd76e-61b8-43db-b999-29b6cc3c6ca0&utm_content=daily.

• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (2 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9a42ded0-8040-472c-8413-a654315fa018&utm_content=daily.

• DWP partnerships (2 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-partnerships?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5d2ba92a-61cf-4ece-83e6-1fe8550d2adf&utm_content=daily.

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2023/24

The Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 of the DWP can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3aaf5cf1-6ff0-4f35-ae4e-988b6c2d8500&utm_content=daily.