Department for Work and Pensions

How providers can make reasonable adjustments, get funding and offer flexibilities for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

DWP can send information from pension, insurance companies and solicitors to customers using the tracing and letter forwarding service.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

These easy read guides explain what Universal Credit is and how you can apply for it.

Information for employers applying for grant funding to deliver the Youth Jobs Grant.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) policies and procedures for producing official statistics and complying with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

A user guide to the Family Resources Survey data on Stat-Xplore.

Connect to Work is a major initiative in the government’s Get Britain Working strategy.

How DWP learns when its customers’ experiences have fallen below expectations and uses this to make changes that improve what it is doing.  

Information on WorkWell for local systems partnerships.

Labour market official statistics in development covering into-work rates, the employment of UC customers, and NEET rates in England's regions.

The statistical work programme outlines developments to releases of DWP Official Statistics.

List of upcoming releases of DWP management information and ad hoc analyses.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

Management information on SWAPs starts and employment outcomes since April 2021.

Accounting officer assessment summaries for the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) programmes and projects in the Government Major Project Portfolio.

These annual statistics include detailed breakdowns of the number of savers and the amount of savings.

How the government funds apprenticeships in England, including details of funding bands and the apprenticeship levy.

Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.

Details of the funding system used for apprenticeship frameworks and standards.

Advice for DWP decision makers on Universal Credit, PIP and contribution-based JSA and ESA for people who are eligible for Universal Credit.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Access to Work provider memos.

Information about flexi-job apprenticeships using approved agencies, in occupations that often use short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models.

These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.

The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.

The rules for apprenticeship unit funding.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appointment letters for Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Senior Responsible Owners (SROs).

The policy for apprenticeship unit funding in England and details of the apprenticeship units funding system for new starts on or after 28 April 2026.

The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.

How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month.

Quantitative research with the general public and the Department for Work and Pensions’ customers (fieldwork October to November 2025)

Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.

The reports provide evidence-based guidance, real-world case studies, practical principles and tools to help employers build inclusive, safe and sustainable AI workforce capability

This document provides details of upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research publications.

This guidance explains what is needed to become Disability Confident Committed, or a Disability Confident Employer or Leader.

Training provider agreement with the Department for Education (DfE) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

This research updates the evidence on Access to Work, a government programme aimed at supporting disabled people to take up or remain in work.

Further education and skills summary data, including detailed education and training, and tailored learning, from August 2025 to April 2026.

Our research is used to understand, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate our policies and services.

This document lists the employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme, and their status (committed, employer or leader).

DWP provider guidance for Access to Work holistic assessments.

Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August 2025 to April 2026.

An interim report of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Level 2 qualifications added to the free courses for jobs (FCFJ) list to expand the engineering and manufacturing subject sector offer and attract a funding uplift for providers.

The Agency Agreement and Service Level Agreements between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish ministers for people living in Scotland.

Agency agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish minsters on delivery of Compensation Recovery services for Scotland.

Agency agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish ministers on delivery of Carer's Allowance to people resident in Scotland.

Information about the methods and quality assurance steps used to produce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistical release.

This plan sets out how the Department for Work and Pensions plans to improve the use of BSL in its communications in the next 5 years. Includes an annual progress update.

Consultation on proposed changes to the General Levy on occupational and personal pension schemes for the period from April 2027 to March 2030.

The Value for Money Framework will place investment outcomes, service quality and overall value at the centre of workplace pension provision.

This action plan aims to improve the lives of unpaid carers in England.

Terms of reference for Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion.

A joined-up service enabling eligible customers to claim Housing Benefit and Pension Credit together from autumn 2026.

Summary of minutes of the meetings for the Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion.

An updated roadmap setting out the government’s plan to implement reforms across workplace pensions.

A report of findings from qualitative interviews with individuals aged 53 to 67 exploring how they understand, approach and make decisions about pension decumulation.

The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).

This report sets out DWP’s plans for the monitoring and evaluation of key policies in the Pension Schemes Act 2026, including success metrics and data plans.

Research exploring how retirees aged 65 to 75 experience financial adequacy in retirement, highlighting what supports or challenges a secure later life.

This 'Workshop in a box' provides materials to run sessions that gather and share views for the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

A roadmap setting out the government’s provisional plan to implement reforms across Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit workplace pensions.

This discussion paper seeks industry views on key elements of the Defined Contribution (DC) pension scheme scale policy as we develop the detailed design for regulations.

The government has published its guiding principles for default pensions under Guided Retirement. These principles set out the intended outcomes for default pensions and the role they will play in helping savers achieve a sustainable retirement income without needing to make complex financial decisions.

DWP provider guidance for the Restart Scheme.

Growth goals for HSE for 2026 to 2027 covering use of innovative technologies, a more agile chemical regulatory system, enabling Net Zero industries (carbon capture and fusion) and the reduction of administrative burdens.

Growth goals for The Pensions Regulator (TPR) for 2026 to 2027.

This report explains the fund's activities and finances for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

A report on the expenditure and performance of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) register of interests at 31 March 2026.

This report presents an estimate of the impact of the DurhamWorks programme on employment and education outcomes of the programme's participants.

This document sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.

First annual monitoring and evaluation report of the ‘Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty’ UK-wide Child Poverty Strategy 2025.

List of upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ad hoc statistical releases.

Guidance that supplements the information in the decision makers' guide.

The assessment includes ad-hoc statistics on the impact of the Universal Credit (UC) advances machine learning model on groups with protected characteristics.

Details of any secondary employment declared by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior civil servants during the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

This report presents an estimate of the impact of the Pathways to Success programme on employment and education outcomes of the programme's participants.

Hertfordshire County Council's response to the Employment Data Lab's Analysis of its Pathways to Success Programme.

Statistics on the number and percentage of children living in deep material poverty for financial year ending 2024.

Information on the expenditure and performance of the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Provides the government’s current best estimate of the future low income poverty trends for children based on the policy position and economic assumptions after Spring Statement 2026.

The terms of reference and panel membership for the Child Poverty Expert Child Poverty Expert Analytical Panel (CP-EAP).

The Employment Data Lab is a service provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Durham County Council's response to DWP's Employment Data Lab's analysis of the council's DurhamWorks programme.

Analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payments (England and Wales) from April 2025 to March 2026, based on local authority financial year end returns.

This report provides insights for local government on what enables the effective, design, delivery and evaluation of health and work programmes.

Opportunities for public and voluntary organisations to help Jobcentre Plus move people off benefits and into employment.

This report presents local governments' evidence needs on supporting people to enter and remain in employment, and proposes evidence reviews to address these.

Universal Credit statistics on the two child limit policy, April 2026, including those likely to benefit from the removal of the policy.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

The 2026 annual skills report highlights key challenges in the skills system. Our Skills Needs Assessments outline skills demand and supply in priority sectors.

An update on the implementation of the independent review of the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces.

A report to provide an update on the development of the Jobs and Careers Service, building on the Get Britain Working White Paper.

Terms of Reference relating to the implementation of the Keep Britain Working independent review.

June 2026 update on implementing the independent review of employers' role in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces.

How employers in the early years sector can effectively deliver the early years teacher degree apprenticeship (EYTDA).

Outlines the corporate relationship between DWP and its public bodies.

A practical guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition.

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up publication.

Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to March 2026.

This document provides information on the uses and users of the Child Maintenance Service statistics.

Job titles of people with pre-release access to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics and the organisations they belong to.

Quarterly release of Official Statistics in Development including DWP complaints received, closed and upheld by each business area, and categorisation of the reason for the complaint.

Labour market official statistics in development covering into-work rates for people on Universal Credit in the ‘Searching for work’ conditionality regime, English regional rates of people not in education, employment or training (NEET), an update to the Get Britain Working outcome metrics and new statistics covering skills and employment across industrial sectors.

Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.

How to provide the early years teacher degree apprenticeship (EYTDA).

A detailed guide to the assessment carried out to determine the capability for work or work related activity of ESA claimants (ESA214).

Information on audio recordings at telephone and face-to-face health assessments.

DWP provider guidance for the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) programme.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

This report provides findings from a mixed-method evaluation of the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, incorporating a quantitative and qualitative strand.

This report summarises applicants’ and employers’ experiences of Access to Work, their perceptions of its impact and recommendations for improvement.

This report presents findings from an independent evaluation of the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, incorporating a qualitative and quantitative strand.

This report sets out the first phase evaluation of the Get Britain Working Trailblazer programme, which involved developing Theory of Change models and system maps to describe how Trailblazer areas intend to address the aims of the programme.

Government response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation into Women’s State Pension age and associated issues.

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication.

A report exploring Universal Credit (UC) customers’ knowledge, understanding, attitudes and barriers to work, and how their understanding of UC incentives shapes their views on working and progression.

How the Department for Work and Pensions will learn lessons from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) investigation into communications about women's State Pension age

Data on senior officials' business travel and hospitality and meetings with external organisations.

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) publication.

Findings from a mixed-methods study on the customer experience and impacts of extra Jobcentre Plus support for disabled people and those with health conditions.

A measure to monitor learners starting pathways - courses and subjects - that are more likely to lead to priority occupations in priority growth sectors.

The Code of Practice for the Debt Recovery powers for the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025.

Support for employers to help advertise vacancies.

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and February 2026.

A letter from the Minister for Skills for the Department for Work and Pensions to Skills England on the apprenticeship funding bands reviews.

User views are sought on the Department for Work and Pension's plans to change the scheduling and alignment and reduce the frequency of some of our routine administrative-based benefit Official Statistics, including Universal Credit. This consultation will run until 31 March 2026 for proposal 1 and to 12 May 2026 for proposals 2 to 5.

Proposals for implementing measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 and changes to Housing Benefit Regulations.

DWP's Areas of Research Interest set out priority evidence gaps to inform engagement and collaboration with the external research community.

Report on the government’s progress in implementing the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 recommendations.

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff guide about the Access to Work scheme.

Information on the expenditure and performance of the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

Sets out the rules that apply to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funded adult skills fund (ASF) provision for the funding year.

Quarterly statistics including numbers of claims with entitlement, new claim registrations, decisions and awards made.

Management Information relating to the Health Transformation Programme.

An interim report of the second Pensions Commission, setting out the challenges that the UK's pensions system is facing out to 2050.

The rules for apprenticeship training and assessment funding, and guidance on the changes to assessment.

This is the first release of quarterly official statistics in development on Connect to Work.

These statistics cover the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

These apply to DWP suppliers and contractors where explicitly stated in the security schedule of the contract.

How DWP manages the release of Connect to Work statistics.

This report contains findings from a large-scale survey and qualitative interviews with people who owe overpaid benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions.

This report summarises findings on public perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.

Public consultation on draft regulations which set out the conditions that must be met to release surplus from Defined Benefit pension schemes.

Information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit.

Statistics in development including demographics and volumes of referrals, starts, first earnings, job outcomes and performance by contract area, month, and cohort

Details of the funding system for the DfE or DWP funded adult skills fund (ASF).

Information about Universal Credit for homeless people, those at risk of homelessness and the organisations supporting them.

Public consultation on proposed amendments to the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Conditions for Transfers) Regulations 2021.

Information for organisations applying for grant funding to deliver the Jobs Guarantee.

This notice gives details on plans to stop reporting the Parental Conflict Indicator as regular official statistics and invites users to provide views and comments on these proposals.

Guidance for current creditors or suppliers, for example, utility suppliers and landlords, on how the deductions from benefit scheme works.

Guidance for landlords on Universal Credit and rented housing

Data file for ASF devolution showing the funding bodies that are responsible for funding each postcode in England.

This document sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.

A summary of the Department for Work and Pensions’ clinical governance activities for 2025 to 2026.

Information about the Restart Scheme statistics.

A report considering the perceptions of both the current and hypothetical changes to statutory child maintenance payments.

Public consultation on a policy framework for a new type of Collective Defined Contribution scheme to be used in retirement.

This guidance helps trustees comply with new regulations from April 2018 covering bulk transfers of money purchase rights that do not include guarantees.

Policies and statements for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits statistical summaries.

This publication presents DWP management information on completion of a review of PIP cases, potentially affected by the Supreme Court judgment MM.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Information for personal injury claims managers about the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme and the recovery of lump sum payments.

How Jobcentre Plus can help employers provide a positive experience of work for jobseekers and develop local talent and skills.

This publication lists the business critical models held by the Department for Work and Pensions, which support departmental decision‑making and service delivery.

DWP's policy on benefit fraud and the penalties we will impose.

A summary of Department for Work and Pensions’ clinical governance activities, including a review to improve clinical standards for clinicians and service users. The report also sets out our future plans.

Allocations of the Skills Bootcamps funding by authority.

How Jobcentre Plus can help employers fill their vacancies more efficiently through sector-based work academies.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on child maintenance.

This report contains the findings from qualitative research on the Restart Scheme contract extension.

How DWP manages the release of Work and Health Programme statistics.

The key aim of this research is to better understand how Move customers manage their Universal Credit (UC) claim and to gather insights into the customer experience of claiming UC compared to legacy benefits.

This publication provides updated Pension Credit application, award and outstanding caseload statistics from April 2023 to April 2026.

DWP management information about an administrative exercise looking at Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims following an Upper Tribunal decision .

Information about the Work and Health Programme statistics.

This report provides insights on Universal Credit claimants with one or more of the following experiences: care experience, ex-offender, homelessness and substance dependency. 

Routine official statistics on the Work and Health Programme (WHP) and WHP Pioneer

This report is a synthesis of evaluation findings from 3 policies aimed at DWP claimants aged 50 plus

This report summarises the key findings from the wide range of responses received to the call for evidence on fit note reform.

This report presents the emerging findings from the evaluation of the 15 WorkWell programme pilots, from October 2024 to March 2025

Data on the National insurance numbers allocated to overseas nationals to March 2026

Management Information for the WorkWell Pilot, a work and health programme. This covers all starts of the programme.

Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain for the financial year ending 2026.

Data on lump sum payments recovered under the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme and the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (PWCA).

Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.

This report summarises new longitudinal analysis to understand how life courses are associated with pension saving and retirement outcomes.

This is a work programme in England and Wales to help disabled people, those with health conditions and people with complex barriers to employment, to find sustainable work.

Compensation Recovery Unit data on cases registered, settlements recorded and recoveries made.

Consultation on the Eligibility Verification Measure Code of Practice, the Debt Recovery Code of Practice and the Information Gathering Code of Practice.

Code of Practice on obtaining information from listed organisations to help tackle fraud in the benefit system.

This Code provides guidance to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), financial institutions and other relevant parties on the use of Eligibility Verification Notices (EVNs). It explains how EVNs are issued and how they allow DWP to request information from financial institutions.

How DWP manages the publication of unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system estimates.

Estimates of unfulfilled eligibility levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2026.

How DWP manages the publication of fraud and error in the benefit system estimates.

These official statistics under development cover the number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

Statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment (including self employment), ethnicity and Move to Universal Credit.

Information about sanctions statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.

Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC). The data will be available as normal for analysis via Stat-Xplore.

Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics release of the main DWP administered benefits through Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.

This document gives the contact details of service providers who may be able to help businesses become Disability Confident employers.

Information for employers making Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) deductions.

Detailed guidance about what Pension Credit is, how it's worked out, the eligibility rules and the application process.

Medical guidance for DWP staff who make decisions on adult cases for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and for Attendance Allowance (AA).

Ad hoc statistics on the timeliness performance of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children for claims cleared between 1 August 2025 and 31 March 2026.

Examples of the forms sent to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants before their PIP end date to see if their needs have changed.

Factsheet about Access to Work and how it can help overcome barriers to starting or keeping a job if you have a disability or long term health condition.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

We are seeking views on our plans to publish official statistics on Connect to Work.

Management information on SWAPs starts and employment outcomes since April 2021.

Labour market official statistics in development covering into-work rates, the employment of Universal Credit customers, and analysis of how young people out of work varies across the country.

This document sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.

This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.

How long the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) takes to pay invoices.

Labour market official statistics in development covering Universal Credit customer employment and journeys, into-work rates and analysis of local labour markets.

How the Universal Credit claimant commitment works and what is expected of claimants in return for getting Universal Credit.

How the government funds apprenticeships and apprenticeship units in England for employers who do not pay the Apprenticeship Levy.

Explanatory Memorandum to The Pensions Regulator Code of Practice: Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes 2026.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

This report looks at how the social security system interacts with the decision to remain in full-time education or pursue an alternative pathway post-age 16.

This guidance will help you in conversations with claimants who may be affected by the Universal Credit 2 child policy before April 2026.

A report presenting findings from the impact and process evaluations of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Digital Self-Serve (DSS) application route.

Letters to devolved areas outlining adult skills fund (ASF) and free courses for jobs funding for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.

This report summarises findings from an online survey of education professionals to inform the Milburn Young People and Work report.

Summary of the Right to Try regulations from The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026.

Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.

Find guidance for training providers about assessment options, their role in the assessing learners and how to help employers to choose the right approach.

Letters between the chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and DWP Director of Poverty, Family and Disadvantage.

Background information and guidance on the benefit expenditure and caseload tables.

Changes to the way benefits can be reduced or stopped as a penalty for a benefit fraud offence following the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Historical and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual spring and autumn Budgets or Statements.

Statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment, ethnicity and Move to Universal Credit.

A report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and statement from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

The government is publishing the Independent Review into earnings-related overpayments of Carer’s Allowance, led by Liz Sayce OBE, and its own response to the report’s recommendations.

Use this guidance when you write Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research reports.

A list of Housing Benefit circulars and the guidance manual chapters they relate to.

A report examining how customers’ experiences are evolving as services are modernised, and customers’ overall perceptions and experiences of modernisation.

Monthly Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates for England, Scotland and Wales from April 2026 to March 2027.

The Synergy Programme is a cross departmental initiative for which the DWP Permanent Secretary is the lead Accounting Officer.

Cold Weather Payments made in England and Wales from 1 November 2025 to 31 March 2026 (estimated).

Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.

Guidance for Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff, contractors, suppliers and third parties on how to manage and store information.

Guidance for local authorities on delivering the Crisis and Resilience Fund in England.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

The government's summary of a proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as regards the extension of certain data protection periods.

The support that is available for Universal Credit claimants who have a disability or health condition.

Use this collection of materials to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit.

Guidance to help people understand the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016.

This easy read guide explains how you can get help from Pension Credit and how to claim it.

The Agency Agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers for people living in Scotland.

These Housing Benefit (subsidy) Assurance Process modules are for reporting accountants and local authorities to use.

The Agency Agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers for people living in Scotland.

This report summarises the key findings from the Apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Digital Self-Serve evaluation to date.

Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.

Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

This guidance is for local authorities in Wales who are responsible for administering Discretionary Housing Payments.

This strategy sets out the current high-level approach for evaluating and tracking the performance of the Health Transformation Programme.

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and November 2025.

Data on gifts and hospitality that ministers gave or received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.

Sets out the funding rules for the community-based contracts for the National Careers Service.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Data Strategy explains how DWP will collect, manage, analyse and use data to reach its business objectives.

How defined contribution pension freedoms could affect your entitlement to social security benefits.

If you claim Jobseeker's Allowance, you must inform us if you or your partner do any type of paid or unpaid work.

Keep Britain Working is an independent review of the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces.

This guidance provides support for local authorities with their decision-making for processing Housing Benefit claims from individuals living in supported housing.

Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to December 2025.

This leaflet explains how the Child Maintenance Service works out how much child maintenance a paying parent must pay.

This guidance explains the department's policy on providing information about customers to their representatives.

Guidance for new creditors, for example, utility suppliers and landlords, on how to apply for deductions from a claimant's ESA, JSA and Pension Credit.

Find out what Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits are, how they are worked out, the eligibility rules and how to apply.

Factsheet explaining what Discretionary Housing Payments are, who can claim them and how to apply.

Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit providing advice on managing money, dealing with debts and help with paying rent.

Guidance for lenders on taking part in the scheme to pay Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) direct to qualifying lenders.

Policies and statements related to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): outcomes of Work Capability Assessment statistics.

Ministerial determination relating to Universal Credit. This determination extends the temporary ‘de minimis’ period until 31 March 2027.

Official statistics on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.

Information about the Support for Mortgage Interest statistics.

Quarterly series of Official Statistics including Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) complaints received, closed and upheld by each business area, and categorisation of the reason for the complaint.

This guidance is for DWP providers of the Work and Health Programme including WHP Pioneer.

A guide for domestic violence and abuse victims about services from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Information for local councils on the Household Support Fund to support vulnerable households in England.

How to contact DWP partnership teams for England, Scotland and Wales.

Official statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.

This document provides background information about the separated families statistics and information on how they are compiled.

Technical report on integrating administrative benefits and tax credits data into the Family Resources Survey to improve accuracy and data quality.

Estimates and interpretation of trends in the level and sources of pensioners’ incomes for the financial years ending 1995 to 2025.

This ad hoc statistical release provides data on Personal Independent Payment new claims journey times between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.

A user guide to the Households below average income statistics on Stat-Xplore.

Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households for the financial years ending 1995 to 2025.

A letter from the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions on current apprenticeship standards achievement rates.

This report presents summary findings from a series of behavioural insight studies carried out between 2022 and 2025 to inform the Health Transformation Programme (HTP). These were small-scale, exploratory studies, examining a range of initiatives to inform the early stages of the design and development of transformed service

Further education and skills summary data, including detailed education, training and tailored learning, from August 2025 to January 2026.

This report summarises the key findings regarding Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) from the PIP Digital Self-Serve (DSS) evaluation. The report includes the findings from qualitative research with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) customers to understand their expectations, perceptions and experiences of the MR stage of the PIP application process.

A brief graphical explanation of how low income is measured when producing households below average income statistics.

This report contains data on children in workless households and children’s educational attainment.

Results from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) for the financial year 2024 to 2025, providing information on income and circumstances of UK households.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

DWP’s Evidence and Evaluation Strategy 2025

A user guide to the Pensioners’ Incomes data on Stat-Xplore.

Official statistics on the number of children living in low income families.

Results from an analysis of the longitudinal survey 'Understanding Society', looking at persistent low income and changes in household income.

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the pensioners' incomes publication.

Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August 2025 to January 2026.

This report provides quality assessments of the data sources used in the Family Resources Survey. It considers the data from collection, processing and analysis, to publication.

A summary of current plans for evaluating the Health Transformation Programme.

Annual statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families.

Analysis of the sustained effect of extra Jobcentre Plus support on the employment outcomes of disabled people and those with health conditions

Letter to local authorities about the Crisis and Resilience top up for heating oil support.

Data on senior officials' business travel and hospitality, and Permanent Secretary's meetings with external organisations.

Service Level Agreement Between The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers in Respect of Pension Age Disability Payment.

These statistics give a detailed analysis and breakdowns of the number of disabled people in employment.

Service Level Agreement between The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers in respect of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance.

Progress report on delivering the Digital Inclusion Action Plan.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is backing your business by making it easier for small businesses to access public sector supply chains, removing unnecessary burdens and costs.

This report presents findings from qualitative interviews with customers on customer experiences of the Department for Work and Pension's (DWP's) complaints process.

This industry consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to bring together the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to create a single, unified Industry Training Board (ITB) to act on behalf of the combined construction and engineering construction sectors. The consultation also seeks initial views on areas for further ITB reform.

This document sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.

Statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment, ethnicity and Move to Universal Credit.

Management information relating to the Health Transformation Programme.

Quarterly statistics including numbers of claims with entitlement, new claim registrations, decisions and awards made.

This Child Rights Impact Assessment outlines how the government has considered the rights of children in developing the Child Poverty Strategy: Our Children, Our Future.

This report presents insights from Jobcentre Plus staff about providing in-work progression (IWP) support to Universal Credit (UC) claimants.

These statistics cover the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of the confirmed and proposed developments for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment (UC WCA) Official Statistics.

Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.

This ad hoc provides the number of claimants that have migrated to Universal Credit (UC) from legacy benefits, focusing on those with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work who join the UC health journey and those in the No work requirements group.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

The Interministerial Group for Work and Pensions provides a forum for the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics release of the main DWP administered benefits through Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.

This paper sets out the Department for Work and Pensions policy principles in relation to the scale measures which form part of the Pension Schemes Bill.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Estates team has set out its water management plans to help meet new greening government commitments.

Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.

Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.

Quarterly statistics including numbers of claims with entitlement, new claim registrations, decisions and awards made.

Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.

Annual Report on the government’s progress in implementing the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 recommendations.

Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.

Translations of the ministerial foreword and executive summary of the February 2026 Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Annual Report.

Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments.

This report presents the findings from the evaluation of in-work progression (IWP) support for Universal Credit (UC) claimants.

This evaluation report follows the cohort of households invited to move to Universal Credit from tax credits.

This research explores the views and experiences of people receiving Pension Credit and of potentially entitled non-recipients of Pension Credit.

Deliberative research with potential recipients of the new Crisis and Resilience Fund to inform it’s development and design.

Research into disability benefits and disability employment support across selected OECD countries.

The report presents findings from the second wave of a survey on public and customer perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

This report summarises the findings from research into the delivery of the Household Support Fund (HSF) and Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) schemes.

Data on the National insurance numbers allocated to overseas nationals to December 2025

This publication provides updated Pension Credit application, award and outstanding caseload statistics since 1 April 2023.

This report explores pensions and economic status among the 1958 birth cohort prior to reaching State Pension age.

The framework and specification the Department for Education (DfE) uses to review the quality of apprenticeship training from providers.

Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

These official statistics under development cover the number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC). The data will be available as normal for analysis via Stat-Xplore.

A list of the benefit rates and pension rates for 2026 to 2027.

Research to assess the longer-term impact of UC Full Service on claimants’ attitudes and behaviours in relation to work.

This delivery plan sets out plans to reform the Disability Confident Scheme.

This planner can help students with a disability or health condition identify adjustments needed to help them progress in higher education or start work.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.

A guide and checklist for training providers that currently offer apprenticeship training and those considering offering it in the future.

This document sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.

This easy read guide explains who can apply for a State Pension and how to apply if you live outside the UK.

Provides the government’s current best estimate of the future low income poverty trends for children based on the policy position after Budget 2025.

Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.

Management information on SWAPs starts and employment outcomes since April 2021.

An evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions’ trial of the licensed version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, conducted between January and March 2025.

How DWP learns when its customers’ experiences have fallen below expectations and uses this to make changes that improve what it is doing.  

This qualitative study explores claimant and staff experiences of the Additional Jobcentre Support pilot, particularly focusing on phase two.

Connect to Work is a major initiative in the government’s Get Britain Working strategy.

Historical and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual spring and autumn Budgets or Statements.