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Employment reaches a record high with 31.77 million people in work
The number of people in work is at a record high with nearly 175,000 more people in work up to July 2016, compared to the previous 3 months.
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for Work &
Pensions
Employment Minister calls on businesses to create more opportunities for older workers
New figures show that there are now more people aged 50 to 74 in work than ever before, 3.7 million more than there were 20 years ago.
New ministerial team at the Department for Work and Pensions
Damian Green, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today welcomed the department’s new ministerial team.
Workplace pensions
Every employer with at least one member of staff will need to provide a workplace pension if their employees meet the qualifying criteria.
Pensions and ageing society
We are modernising the State Pension and protecting important benefits for older people to make sure everyone can enjoy a secure future.
The Personal Independence Payment toolkit
Guidance for partner organisations about Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
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Work Programme provider guidance
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- Statutory guidance
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Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2016
- updated
- Guidance
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Work Programme provider guidance for contract package area 18
- updated
- Statutory guidance
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 over 22 million claimants and customers.
DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Valuing pensions for the advice requirement and introducing new consumer protections
- Open consultation
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NEST: evolving for the future
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Our publications
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Work Programme provider guidance
- Statutory guidance
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Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2016
- Guidance
Our statistics
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Help to Work: quarterly statistics
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme: cohort and time series data
- National 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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Mayank Prakash
Director General, Digital Technology
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Jeremy Moore
Director General, Strategy
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Andrew Rhodes
Director General, Operations
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Peter Schofield
Director General, Finance
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Neil Couling CBE
Director General, Universal Credit Programme
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