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  2. Decision support tool
    Annex C: EU restrictions on state aid

    This page is part of our decision support tool. [Footnote 1] EU law on state aid derives from the Treaty of Rome and aims to prevent member states from unfairly distorting competition within the EU, except in certain permitted circumstances. Where a state intervention distorts competition, this will usually constitute state aid. The Treaty expressly […]

  4. Supporting disabled people to work

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    This report is about the Department for Work & Pensions’ support to help disabled people overcome barriers to work.

  6. Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance

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    This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.

  7. Welfare to Work: Tackling the Barriers to the Employment of Older People

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    Sir John Bourn, Head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that good progress has been made in recent years in increasing the overall employment rate for older people. The gap between the proportion of older people in work compared to the general working population has also narrowed by 1 per cent over […]

  8. Managing the transition to the reformed health system

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    Although new organisations set up as part of the reformed health system were ready to start functioning on time, the transition to the system is not yet complete.

  9. The Regional Growth Fund

    Report Value for money

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    The £1.4 billion funding could result in 41,000 extra full-time equivalent private sector jobs but thousands more could have been created from the same resources.

  10. The Border Force: securing the border

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    The Border Force has successfully implemented full passenger checks and cut queuing times but at the cost of maintaining other aspects of border security.

  12. The Efficiency and Reform Group

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    ERG has contributed significantly to departmental savings in 2011-12 but substantial and sustainable new savings streams will be needed to achieve £20bn of savings in 2014-15.

  13. Successful commissioning toolkit
    SMART outcomes

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. You must express your outcomes in ‘Smart’ terms. ‘Smart’ is an acronym that you may be more familiar with in terms of setting targets. We use it here to remind you to make your outcomes: Specific.  The way you express your outcome must target the issue you are concerned […]

  18. Managing the impact of Housing Benefit reform

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    DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.

  19. Regulating defined contribution pension schemes

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    The Pensions Regulator and other agencies regulating defined contribution pension schemes should take a concerted approach towards collecting evidence and assessing risks to members.