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GOV.UK
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013Last week, we reported that the DWP had migrated to the ‘Inside Government’ part of the gov.uk Website. This made 21 out of 24 Government departments that were all centrally-located. We can report that all 24 Government ministerial departments have now moved their corporate Websites to gov.uk. These individual Websites will eventually be phased out. [...]
DWP on the Move
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013For information, the Department for Work and Pensions has migrated to its new home of ‘Inside Government’ on the gov.uk Website. Note that all information on the dwp.gov.uk Website will remain valid until the end of 2013. Comment By 2014, all Government ministerial Departments, together with many other public bodies, will merge to this central [...]
DWP Publishes Response to Independent Review of Sickness
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013As part of the announcement of the Welfare Bill in February 2011, the Prime Minister announced a review into sickness absence. This was jointly chaired by David Frost CBE, the former Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce and Dame Carol Black, then National Director for Health and Work. The objectives of the review [...]
RTI – Universal Credit Regulations 2013 Laid
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012The Universal Credit (UC) is a Government flagship initiative which, according to their own publicity, will streamline and simplify the benefits system and make work the more attractive and affordable option. On 10 December 2012, the Government laid The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 before Parliament. These were accompanied by Regulations for the Jobseeker’s Allowance and [...]
Workplace Pensions – In or Out?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012The DWP’s current advertisements talk about Workplace Pensions, with ‘well-known bosses’ raising the awareness of Auto-Enrolment. If individuals say ‘I’m In’, they are, effectively, getting a pay increase say the adverts. The DWP expects two-thirds of individuals to say ‘I’m In’ by either remaining Auto-Enrolled, Opting In or Joining a pension scheme. Therefore, about one [...]
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Abolished
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012In October 2011, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) began a public consultation on proposals announced a year earlier to increase the transparency and accountability of all public bodies. One of the proposals involved the abolition of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) and the transfer of its functions and the delivery of [...]
Workplace Pension Reforms – DWP Evaluation
Monday, August 6th, 2012The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its evaluation report on Workplace Pensions Reforms, set to become mandatory from October 2012 with the Staging of the largest employers. Their report, following their Evaluation Strategy in 2011, is designed to present the industry landscape before the introduction of the reforms. It is based around [...]
DWP Touchbase E-Zine March 2012
Monday, March 19th, 2012The March DWP communication tool is available online which, this month, has coverage of the Welfare Reform Act (which brings us the Universal Credit which is made possible by payroll departments submitting data via RTI). Comment This is a worthwhile read anyway, however, it is especially good this month to see Iain Duncan-Smith’s ecstatic face [...]
DWP Stakeholder Bulletin October 2011
Monday, October 31st, 2011The Department of Work and Pensions have made available the October 2011 edition of their bulletin, designed to keep stakeholders up-to-date. In this month’s issue: A progress report on the Pensions Bill 2011 which has completed its Report stage News on the launch of an Automatic Enrolment Stakeholder Toolkit Update on the Welfare Reform Bill which has [...]
Transfer of CMEC’s functions to the DWP
Friday, October 14th, 2011DWP consults on the transfer of the functions of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission into DWP ministerial control. On 10 October, the Department for Work and Pensions began a public consultation on proposals announced a year earlier to increase the transparency and accountability of all public bodies. One of the proposals involved the abolition [...]
DWP publishes statistical information about older workers
Thursday, January 13th, 2011On 11 January, the Department for Work and Pensions published Older Workers Statistical Information Booklet. Older workers in this context are those aged 50 to 64. The key findings are: There are 21.0 million people aged 50 and over in the UK. Of these 11.2 million are “older workers”, i.e. aged between 50 and 64, [...]
