NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Decision makers’ guide: Vols 4, 5, 6 and 7: Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support: staff guide (5 November 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=0291a871-b065-4a67-9aa7-fc6182082ab1&utm_content=daily.

• Easy read: Cold Weather Payments (5 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/easy-read-cold-weather-payments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ec5cfa76-ba25-4415-bf0c-282819c25a96&utm_content=daily.

• Carer's Allowance claim form (4 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-allowance-claim-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c0129f48-1276-48ee-8a14-846ecbc8208c&utm_content=daily.

• Bereavement Support Payment claim form (4 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bereavement-support-payment-claim-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2c5b8680-f773-4e96-9138-227b1a212ba6&utm_content=daily.

Universal Credit

• Advice for decision making: staff guide (6 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0c6da6e5-c3ba-4106-af90-c9d9803e8ee2&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit and you (4 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6220a611-fcfb-46bd-abc3-3aa6e6b9cf5a&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 30 September 2024 (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp-state-pension-underpayments-progress-on-cases-reviewed-to-30-september-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3f4ed2b3-11a1-49e7-bd05-0eb07b73c8e9&utm_content=daily.

• State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 30 September 2024 (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-underpayments-progress-on-cases-reviewed-to-30-september-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8490c07b-a076-447e-abad-cdf7b205c9a8&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 12: Pensions: staff guide (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-vol-12-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pension-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e3b4920d-6c18-49cd-90f3-86d9d1dce665&utm_content=daily.

• Disability Confident service providers (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-service-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f638af66-f1dc-4b4b-8162-3f3f3ea794c5&utm_content=daily.

• Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=593be494-c6ee-4e45-9a27-4a60583f57af&utm_content=daily.

• DWP information leaflets: how to order them (7 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-leaflets-order-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c61ddc3e-6971-4876-a5b4-8afb2c029961&utm_content=daily.

• List of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases (6 November 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=65138476-bbba-4bfd-97fb-779fdc1ed062&utm_content=daily.

• Child maintenance decision makers' guide (6 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-decision-makers-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4bf99115-a3cb-45ad-a6ad-b6cdc969b1fc&utm_content=daily.

• Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide (6 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-makers-guide-memos-staff-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3b1f745c-73a6-4f89-92f6-0ca6b2bd6057&utm_content=daily.

• Making Work Pay: Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay (6 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-work-pay-strengthening-statutory-sick-pay?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=159a541e-21aa-4a96-8ec6-6b7f3627405c&utm_content=daily.

• The employment of disabled people 2024 (5 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c8aee122-c774-46ad-b8e8-6de3b032177c&utm_content=daily.

• The employment of disabled people: background information and methodology (5 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-employment-of-disabled-people-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d32a2918-ff6c-4466-b80f-4303215a415e&utm_content=daily.

• ESF action notes: 2007 to 2013 programme (5 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-action-notes-2007-to-2013-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=aa4851b7-4e23-444f-8801-58c42eb53d45&utm_content=daily.

• Access to Work provider memos (5 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/atwlr02-provider-memo-access-to-work?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2c76eff0-d39b-4d1d-b051-9e04e7166e06&utm_content=daily.

• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (4 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pre-release-access-to-statistics-order-2008?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fa8619ce-d56e-4f50-baa3-4bc14ed43662&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.