Progress in implementing Universal Credit
Published on:One in five people on Tax Credits who were invited to move to Universal Credit (UC) did not then claim UC and had their benefits stopped.
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DWP customer service
Published on:DWP’s customer service has fallen short of expected standards in recent years, and is letting down some of the most vulnerable in society.
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Department for Work & Pensions 2023-24
Published on:The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the delivery of welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. It aims to improve people’s day-to-day lives and help them build financial resilience and a more secure and prosperous future. DWP spent nearly £276 billion in 2023-24 to deliver welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. This […]
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Transforming health assessments for disability benefits
Published on:An early assessment of the progress DWP is making with plans to transform the application and assessment process for disability benefits.
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Department for Work and Pensions 2022-23
Published on:This guide summarises information and insights gained from our examinations of DWP and related bodies and DWP’s annual report and accounts.
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Police recruitment target hit, now to secure the benefits
Published on:We’ve used our Police Uplift Programme report to give context on the Home Office reaching its target of 20,000 new police officers.
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Carer’s Allowance
Winter 2024/25Background The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) pays £81.90 a week in Carer’s Allowance to people who earn less than £151 and provide at least 35 hours of care a week to someone who receives a qualifying disability benefit. In 2023-24, DWP paid £3.7 billion in Carer’s Allowance to around 1 million carers. DWP […]
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Investigation into supported housing
Published on:Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England.
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HMRC customer service
Published on:Customers cumulatively spent 798 years on hold waiting to speak with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in 2022-23.
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Child Maintenance
Published on:This report looks at whether the government is achieving value for money in its management of child maintenance.
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Employment support
Published on:This briefing presents information on how DWP supports people into work, and the challenges it may face in delivering support.
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Preparations to extend early years entitlements for working parents in England
Published on:Government set an ambitious timetable to expand free childcare; consequently, it’s facing uncertainty on feasibility, costs, and benefits.
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Employment support: The Kickstart Scheme
Published on:This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.
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Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21
Published on:The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes Client Funds Account.
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Universal Credit: getting to first payment
Published on:This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.
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Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2020-21
Published on:The C&AG of the NAO, Gareth Davies, has qualified his opinion on the regularity of DWP’s 2020-21 financial statements.
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Investigation into the free school meals voucher scheme
Published on:This investigation sets out how the Department for Education set up and implemented the free school meals voucher scheme.
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Investigation into the East West Rail project (Oxford – Cambridge)
Published on:Government needs to ensure its growth plans for Cambridge are aligned with its £6-7bn investment in a new regional railway (East West Rail, Oxford to Cambridge), so it can maximise the economic benefits of the line, a new report by the National Audit Office says.
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Universal Credit advances fraud
Published on:This report outlines the extent of Universal Credit advances fraud and the DWP’s actions to detect, recover and prevent it.
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Information held by the Department for Work & Pensions on deaths by suicide of benefit claimants
Published on:This briefing was produced for Parliament in response to correspondence we received from The Rt Hon Frank Field.