Welfare reform
Services
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UC50 form: Universal Credit capability for work questionnaire
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
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Universal Credit: Landlord request for a managed payment or rent arrears deduction
If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.
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Carer's Allowance claim form
Use this form to claim Carer’s Allowance by post if you can’t claim online.
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Capability for work questionnaire
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (ESA50) if you’re asked to do so – this is not a claim form.
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DWP information leaflets: how to order them
Guidance and order form for advisers and intermediaries who need to order DWP information leaflets and reply envelopes.
Guidance and regulation
News and communications
- Dual claims: discrepancy in the application of escalating sanctions where dual claims are involved
- Better integration now and a long-term vision needed for working age contributory benefits
- Treatment of Historical Institutional Abuse payments in means-tested benefits
- Looking to the long-term
- Up-rating report 2021 – focus on the National Insurance Fund
Research and statistics
- Northern Ireland Universal Credit Statistics: August 2022
- Out of work disability benefit reform
- SSAC Occasional Paper 26: The future of working age contributory benefits for those not in paid work
- Personal well-being in the UK, quarterly: April 2011 to June 2021
- Personal well-being in the UK: April 2020 to March 2021
Policy papers and consultations
- Claimant Commitment
- Work and Health Programme statistics: publication proposals
- Moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits
- The Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022: Explanatory memorandum
- Local Housing Allowance: uprating equality analysis April 2020