NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Household Support Fund: guidance for local councils (27 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0a1c240a-f026-4c76-8dbe-b05699ba1cbf&utm_content=daily.

• Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 (27 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=c0edf5a0-5c91-4589-89fa-a1cf51024c99&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 3: Subjects common to all benefits: staff guide (27 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-3-subjects-common-to-all-benefits-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=32d5b5b6-f46a-47dc-99ad-04892c754a04&utm_content=daily.

• Pension Credit: technical guidance (26 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-technical-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6e841c49-4f13-4417-93f3-6e7e34d282a4&utm_content=daily.

• Recovery of benefits, lump sum payments and NHS charges: technical guidance (25 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recovery-of-benefits-and-or-lump-sum-payments-and-nhs-charges-technical-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5ea6bc40-b7dc-475a-96dc-7b7db31f61e4&utm_content=daily.

• Support for Mortgage Interest statistics May 2018 to May 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/support-for-mortgage-interest-statistics-may-2018-to-may-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=08c23c55-545b-404c-8d96-a84b5494fee3&utm_content=daily.

• Winter Fuel Payment statistics: background information and methodology (from winter 2020 to 2021) (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-background-information-and-methodology-from-winter-2020-to-2021?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b83cdc2d-4043-4f19-a77d-6b2c79bcc0e2&utm_content=daily.

• Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=97c3050f-7510-43ff-8518-8d60c360eabd&utm_content=daily.

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) handbook (23 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-fact-sheets?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=eea44653-2653-40f0-b5fe-e05156f29764&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit and homeless people (27 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-homeless-people?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=50239f89-7bf0-4fea-bfbf-742830c87d0f&utm_content=daily.

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (27 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0d6d58d2-d0ac-4e5c-bbf0-e02b4524e109&utm_content=daily.

• UC50 form: Universal Credit capability for work questionnaire (26 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uc50-form-universal-credit-capability-for-work-questionnaire?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7766962d-25cc-4f65-9dec-e6e483edcd92&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit and homeless people (25 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-homeless-people?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=13a16ca0-63ec-48ec-b85c-636b61b4483a&utm_content=daily.

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (25 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=54c8d2d3-3ea7-4a27-a981-0818720eba02&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit if you have a disability or health condition (20 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2a2c2f87-7a15-4872-81ee-2b5cb66d5c11&utm_content=daily.

• UC50 form: Universal Credit capability for work questionnaire (20 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uc50-form-universal-credit-capability-for-work-questionnaire?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7ec4269d-d312-40a2-b966-39e2fdf28caa&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Complaints about DWP: financial year 2024 to 2025 (27 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-dwp-financial-year-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4443dabe-fd49-40d5-91d8-3ece7a61b10a&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (26 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5f507d0f-9e5f-4ee2-8ae3-23f282a08eef&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases (26 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=a7a68acd-7669-4672-af22-7d93bd2705ff&utm_content=daily.

• DWP statistical work programme (25 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-work-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=abfceb6b-c074-4586-a6ea-25f8c4e78a37&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming releases of management information and ad hoc analyses (25 September 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=32194bc0-7ead-48d7-8a4e-d6849391ef0a&utm_content=daily.

• The Pensions Regulator: Occupational defined benefit scheme funding analysis 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-pensions-regulator-occupational-defined-benefit-scheme-funding-analysis-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f1339b35-7480-403c-8be0-56e292d34303&utm_content=daily.

• Support for Mortgage Interest statistics: background and methodology (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-mortgage-interest-statistics-background-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c49ce383-7428-46a9-9e4a-161a69409a8b&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=208519a9-ef4c-41ed-a485-54fb3e4e777e&utm_content=daily.

• DWP: workforce management information June 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-workforce-management-information-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=410f480f-461d-4f44-9852-bc9959bf184a&utm_content=daily.

• DWP: workforce management information May 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-workforce-management-information-may-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cfbba995-b2ed-4de9-a941-fe7b039d7df4&utm_content=daily.

• DWP: workforce management information April 2024 (24 September 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-workforce-management-information-april-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=bf617ccf-b47e-4339-8c83-d60e879cffef&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.