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Employment reaches another record high
The employment rate is at a record high of 75.3% with a record 32.14 million people in work.
Department
for Work &
Pensions
New timetable for State Pension changes to maintain fair and sustainable pension
The government’s review proposes a new timetable for the rise to 68, in line with continuing increases in life expectancy.
Your State Pension
Find out more about your State Pension and how you can plan ahead for retirement.
See Potential
See Potential can help your business fill skills gaps and diversify your workforce by hiring people from disadvantaged groups.
Universal Credit: Opening up work
Universal Credit is ‘opening up work’ and allowing access to a wider range of jobs.
Latest
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Housing Benefit expenditure and subsidy data
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- Collection
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Housing Benefit subsidy mid-year estimates: Apr 2017 to Mar 2018
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- Transparency data
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DWP workforce management information, 2017
- updated
- Transparency data
What we do
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 18 million claimants and customers.
DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
Our publications
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Housing Benefit subsidy mid-year estimates: Apr 2017 to Mar 2018
- Transparency data
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DWP workforce management information, 2017
- Transparency data
Our statistics
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Universal Credit payment advances: May 2016 to June 2017
- Official Statistics
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Universal Credit Waiting Days: May 2016 to June 2017
- Official Statistics
Our ministers
Our management
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Sir Robert Devereux KCB
Permanent Secretary
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Debbie Alder
Director General, Human Resources
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Neil Couling CBE
Director General, Universal Credit Programme
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Mayank Prakash
Director General, Chief Digital and Information Officer
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Andrew Rhodes
Director General, Operations
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Peter Schofield
Director General, Finance
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Susan Park
Director General, Universal Credit Operations
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Jonathan Mills
Director General, Strategy, Policy and Analysis
Contact DWP
Jobcentre Plus
Contact your nearest office
Contact form https://www.gov.uk/con...
The Pension Service
Contact your pension centre
Contact form https://www.gov.uk/con...
Media enquiries
For journalists
Contact form https://www.gov.uk/gov...
Official address
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
Email ministers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Address legal documents to DWP Litigation Division.
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
- Make a new request by contacting us at:
High profile groups within DWP
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
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