Department for Work and Pensions

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 20 million claimants and customers. DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
  Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Guy Opperman MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Employment)
• Tom Pursglove MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work)
• Mims Davies MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression)
• Laura Trott MBE MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)
• Viscount Younger of Leckie
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Lords)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Require landlords and letting agents to offer video viewings for disabled people
  Open from Tuesday 27th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• No stamp duty for first and second-time buyers
  Open from Tuesday 27th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Extend the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to all UK pension schemes
  Open from Monday 26th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Give our homeless Veterans the same accommodation provision as asylum seekers
  Open from Monday 19th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  551 signatures

• Require landlords to offer a single person discount on rent
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Provide financial support for full-time workers with high-interest mortgages
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Do not increase the State Pension age above 68
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  763 signatures

• Enable community-led protective covenants for local historical & heritage sites
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  289 signatures

• Change Universal Credit rules for farmers
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,147 signatures

• Ensure Government funding for police exceeds council tax police precept
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  84 signatures

• Provide all pensioners born before April 1951 with the new State Pension
  Open from Thursday 8th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14,484 signatures

• Base child maintenance calculation on net pay
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  60 signatures

• Prevent public bodies from conducting private prosecutions
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Abolish the Bedroom Tax
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  90 signatures

• Add a mobility element to Attendance Allowance
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15,243 signatures

• Make it illegal to take photos of children on private property without consent
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Review legislation governing the admissibility of computer evidence
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  132 signatures

• Make all workplace bullying illegal
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  151 signatures

• Don't increase financial thresholds for exemption from financial promotion rules
  Open from Monday 29th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Allow people to retain and make new claims for Child Tax Credits
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Remove joint and several liability in tenancy agreements in proven cases of DV
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  65 signatures

• Fund sustainable, affordable housing for first-time buyers and families
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Increase UK VAT threshold to match inflation - it has been £85k since 2017
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Do not let the Government access information on pensioners' bank accounts.
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15,276 signatures

• Reduce the State Pension age to 63
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  203 signatures

• Ban councils putting council tax up higher than the 5% annual threshold
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  102 signatures

• Offer the State Pension to all at 60, increase to equal 48hrs at the Living Wage
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  64,082 signatures

• Don't treat tax rebates as income for Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Increase Carer’s Allowance to equal 35 hours at 50% of the living wage.
  Open from Friday 12th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14,116 signatures

• Make all pensions exempt from income tax
  Open from Thursday 11th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  443 signatures

• Take action to ensure UK employment law applies to all UK employees
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Allow Universal Credit claimants to have childcare costs paid direct to provider
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Introduce fines for PIP assessment companies if decision is overturned on appeal
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  181 signatures

• Stop classing student maintenance loan as income when working out UC entitlement
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  60 signatures

• Extend cost of living payments to low income households beyond February 2024
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23,043 signatures

• Allow opt out from financial advice for old Defined Benefit schemes under £250k
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Make separated parents eligible for the Bereavement Support Payment
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Commission public inquiry into pension providers’ ‘lifestyling’ strategies
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Create a specific offence of romance fraud and a register of romance fraudsters
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  527 signatures

• Give same legal rights and obligations of married people to cohabiting partners
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Reform the Bereavement Notification System for Government Services
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  126 signatures

• Freeze the state pension age at 66 years of age
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  361 signatures

• Disregard Christmas bonus payments on Universal Credit Claimants
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Require home buyers pay a deposit to seller after mortgage approval
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Prohibit Inquiry into Previous Salary Information by Employers
  Open from Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Do not suspend Universal Credit payments while reviewing claims
  Open from Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,422 signatures

• Cease plans to make changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
  Open from Friday 8th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Prevent employers enforcing office attendance when the role can be done at home
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Fast track benefits as soon as someone is diagnosed as terminally ill
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15,392 signatures

• Abolish the High Income Child Benefit Charge
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,997 signatures

• Keep the couples Administrative Earnings Threshold for parents
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Cease migrations onto Universal Credit for those who are clinically vulnerable
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  58 signatures

• Change The Law On State Pensions For Those Facing Terminal Illnesses
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  70 signatures

• Review the effectiveness of benefit assessments and experience of claimants
  Open from Wednesday 22nd November 2023 to Wednesday 22nd May 2024
  524 signatures

• Do not introduce regular bank account checks for benefit claimants
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  25,593 signatures

• Review Civil Servants Pay, creating consistency across departments
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Increase Universal Credit for families with disabled children
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Make State Pensions tax free
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  54,139 signatures

• Require annual property inspections for leaseholders and tenants
  Open from Thursday 9th November 2023 to Thursday 9th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Fund free passes for carers for visitor attractions
  Open from Monday 6th November 2023 to Monday 6th May 2024
  29 signatures

• Increase Statutory Paternity Leave to 3 months
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  69 signatures

• Allow people receiving Carer's Allowance to work up to 16 hours a week
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  257 signatures

• Create a Government-run bank for people who can't open an account elsewhere
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  46 signatures

• Disregard compensation payments for means-tested benefits
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  53 signatures

• Review operation of law in respect of preferred pronouns in the workplace
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  77 signatures

• Give pensions to those in armed forces who served more than 2 years pre-1988
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  36 signatures

• Stop assessments for those receiving Severe Disability Premium moving to UC
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  37 signatures

• Allow fractional shares to be held in an ISA
  Open from Wednesday 25th October 2023 to Thursday 25th April 2024
  658 signatures

• Require all employers to offer the choice between weekly or monthly pay
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  22 signatures

• Remove salaries of MLAs who refuse to form a NI Executive
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  47 signatures

• Review the accessibility of Jobcentre appointments.
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  33 signatures

• Remove the suspension PIP payments policy to beneficiaries in care of NHS
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  103 signatures

• Set maximum and minimum temperatures work places
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  43 signatures

• Remove the discretion of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to write off debts
  Open from Thursday 12th October 2023 to Friday 12th April 2024
  34 signatures

• Honour the triple lock in full in April 2024
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  22,610 signatures

• Automatically consider all assets and income when calculating child maintenance
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  102 signatures

• Remove the earnings limit for Carer's Allowance
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  754 signatures

• Uprate benefits in line with CPI inflation
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  789 signatures

• Public Inquiry into the Child Maintenance Service
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  7,638 signatures

• Reinstate Winter Fuel Payments for ex pats living in Spain and France
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  333 signatures

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  177 signatures

• Review access to shared ownership scheme for single applicants
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  15 signatures

• Mandate employers to respond to employment reference requests within 5 work days
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  30 signatures

• Exempt disabled people on attendance allowance from paying car tax.
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  165 signatures

• Scrap Universal Credit, reinstate legacy benefits and scrap unfair sanctioning
  Open from Tuesday 3rd October 2023 to Wednesday 3rd April 2024
  972 signatures

• Exempt disabled people living in adapted properties from the bedroom tax
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  37 signatures

• Allow partners to receive Bereavement Support when not on benefits or pregnant.
  Open from Tuesday 26th September 2023 to Tuesday 26th March 2024
  196 signatures

• Increase pip and carers allowance as 10.1 percent increase is not enough.
  Open from Tuesday 26th September 2023 to Tuesday 26th March 2024
  87 signatures

• Increase the UC Childcare Assessment Period Reimbursement in line with Schools
  Open from Thursday 21st September 2023 to Thursday 21st March 2024
  18 signatures

• Change the High Income Child Benefit charge to a higher or a household threshold
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  1,344 signatures

• Make Universal Credit standard allowance the same for under and over 25
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  26 signatures

• Link State Pension increases to increases in pay for MPs
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  861 signatures

• Introduce a Universal Basic Income
  Open from Friday 8th September 2023 to Friday 8th March 2024
  196 signatures

• Require employers to pay employees for rest breaks
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  89 signatures

• Reinstate tax relief allowing mortgage interest to be set against rental income
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  282 signatures

• Make both parents eligible for housing costs for bedrooms for children
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  17 signatures

• Pay full housing costs for benefit claimants in private rented accommodation
  Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  91 signatures

• Do not allow non-resident parents with CMS arrears to move off enforced payments
  Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  63 signatures

• Give 500,000 UK overseas State Pensioners with frozen pensions parity
  Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
  5,352 signatures

• Stop family homes being converted into HMO's (House in Multiple Occupation)
  Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
  83 signatures

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