NEWS

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

GOV.UK ALERTS

Benefits

• Pension Credit claim form (1 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-claim-form--2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1ce2eb9e-8437-42ec-85f3-195ee24f8237&utm_content=daily.
   
• Winter Fuel Payments eligibility change - internal modelling on pensioner poverty levels (29 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-fuel-payments-eligibility-change-impact-on-pensioner-poverty-levels?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b7de4817-6562-4318-83a9-f75c1bd2f140&utm_content=daily.
   
• Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) (29 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-assurance-process-hbap?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7f27deb6-9656-40ff-be41-db9b6e50e547&utm_content=daily.
   
• Decision makers’ guide: Vol 10: Benefits for incapacity, disability, maternity and bereavement: staff guide (28 November 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=e90fe5b2-249b-4a33-9cc2-cde74a420b93&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP benefits statistics: November 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-november-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fe53f694-a83e-4009-9886-492196b5273b&utm_content=daily.
   
• Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pension-credit-applications-and-awards-november-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d79a6c9c-fdd2-426c-bad4-8593507697f2&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP benefits statistical summaries: policies and statements (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-summary-policies-and-statements?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0e865be4-bfe8-435f-bb13-bde9dd9e4e88&utm_content=daily.
   
• Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 (28 November 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=2a8cb8f6-fcef-4e35-b8d2-fc863495a6ed&utm_content=daily.
   
• Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children claim form (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-living-allowance-for-children-claim-form?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=bdb7b6aa-cd98-4a66-b248-dda62029a397&utm_content=daily.
   
• Personal Independence Payment Statistics - August 2024 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-august-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2af03444-27df-41e4-aa1f-e2d96ee7d05b&utm_content=daily.
   
• Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2024 to 2025 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1cf581e3-5afb-4ab4-aa83-11a5e69bb814&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP Customer Experience Survey: Benefit Customers 2023 to 2024 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-customer-experience-survey-benefit-customers-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=45e8576b-b011-4fd9-8558-bdf6f1033f0a&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP Customer Experience Survey: Benefit Customers 2022 to 2023 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-customer-experience-survey-benefit-customers-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6737406f-c366-4e97-8484-23b9a9fb04d4&utm_content=daily.
   
• Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2024 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=03e66021-e319-4b36-8cd1-bfe21dd977c9&utm_content=daily.
   
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) changes (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-changes?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c2cb1941-d618-46cc-ab10-8d06072ff05a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Example - Personal Independence Payment Review Form (AR1 and AR2) (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/example-award-review-how-your-disability-affects-you-ar1-and-ar2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=47abfb63-e13b-4a25-8288-d19828316e41&utm_content=daily.
   
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) changes (25 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-changes?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ee0e8713-f91f-46cc-bf79-47f360534e7d&utm_content=daily.
   
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) handbook (25 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-fact-sheets?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=941a4c24-4449-4ee7-bfbe-6d6d4d545a06&utm_content=daily.
   
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for Assessment Providers (25 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=50c7d7c3-b950-48a0-9ad4-6749ebf6022b&utm_content=daily

Universal Credit

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 10 October 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-10-october-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1bb8b222-4a2d-4d42-bff4-ce6408a78b7d&utm_content=daily.

• Universal Credit for the self-employed (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9fb4df7a-4377-462a-ae3b-0eb1f860ca86&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• Access to Work provider memos (29 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/atwlr02-provider-memo-access-to-work?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1fa7c9c4-6364-45b9-aaa9-8482d2b94e2a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (29 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=07f7ea61-2447-4e16-bd73-54cf58362603&utm_content=daily.
   
• Work and Health Programme statistics to August 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-statistics-to-august-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=94ed126f-575d-441e-acf7-a305b1695b58&utm_content=daily.
   
• Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-and-health-programme-statistics-background-information-and-methodology?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=897d7232-bd14-4268-9926-f5bced499e6e&utm_content=daily.
   
• Work and Health Programme statistics release strategy (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-and-health-programme-statistics-release-strategy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=95a0f164-6efb-4e17-92b6-fba778dee77c&utm_content=daily.
   
• Jobcentre Plus: opportunities for public and voluntary organisations (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-partnership-opportunities-with-jobcentre-plus?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fea65e63-6471-4781-95b6-8828aaa89a15&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP procurement: security policies and standards (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-procurement-security-policies-and-standards?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7e8b0a98-4ea8-4887-b757-63b57760c0b6&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP's special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwps-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ba3661f7-c7bf-4381-a965-067a7e12ab39&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP senior officials' business expenses and hospitality, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-hospitality-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4b0fba7e-c374-44c1-877b-dee87d5c5b8d&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=14a23703-93a4-4be8-8fdf-41d7826c6400&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP business appointment rules advice, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e734199b-6424-4b32-b823-e56f69773cdc&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP statistical work programme (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-work-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5ec38d28-0d7a-4ffa-8c3f-e68d3f2a031a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Pension fund investment and the UK economy (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-fund-investment-and-the-uk-economy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dc28a583-13ea-4f33-a57e-3da2ad11d89f&utm_content=daily.
   
• Work and Health Programme (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-and-health-programme-including-jets-provider-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8e57f46c-c809-458d-a0c1-d672d3e712cd&utm_content=daily.
   
• Work and Health Programme provider memos (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-and-health-programme-provider-memos-2018?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=63c4fcc9-7177-466e-9ec1-b43460d060f0&utm_content=daily.
   
• Pre-release access to DWP statistics (27 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=0ac64e7c-2827-4001-ad12-ef2d4f3af3f2&utm_content=daily.
   
• DWP: workforce management information October 2024 (25 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-workforce-management-information-october-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a3c4094d-f860-453c-8be5-b68e285940d8&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=e34d8448-2363-47f0-8e0a-7337a412f7e8&utm_content=daily.