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 13 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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• 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

• Lower the state pension retirement age for women
  Open from Wednesday 23rd August 2023 to Friday 23rd February 2024
  196 signatures

• Reduce the point requirements for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
  Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
  2,571 signatures

• Reform Rent to Buy in England so that part of rent goes towards deposit
  Open from Monday 21st August 2023 to Wednesday 21st February 2024
  24 signatures

• Give British people priority need for accommodation
  Open from Tuesday 8th August 2023 to Thursday 8th February 2024
  4,251 signatures

• Require autism training for every public sector worker
  Open from Monday 7th August 2023 to Wednesday 7th February 2024
  63 signatures

• Create a baby loss bereavement support scheme for self-employed parents
  Open from Friday 4th August 2023 to Sunday 4th February 2024
  3,294 signatures

• Review the child maintenance non-resident parents are required to pay by CMS
  Open from Tuesday 1st August 2023 to Thursday 1st February 2024
  26 signatures

• Change child maintenance calculations from gross annual earnings to Net earnings
  Open from Tuesday 1st August 2023 to Thursday 1st February 2024
  476 signatures

• Remove planning permission requirements for boundary walls and gates
  Open from Monday 31st July 2023 to Wednesday 31st January 2024
  22 signatures

• Allow first time buyers to access pension funds early
  Open from Thursday 27th July 2023 to Saturday 27th January 2024
  44 signatures

• Reduce the State Pension age for people with disabilities to 63
  Open from Monday 24th July 2023 to Wednesday 24th January 2024
  2,258 signatures

• Set up a community service scheme for benefit claimants who are not in work
  Open from Thursday 20th July 2023 to Saturday 20th January 2024
  29 signatures

• Remove the 3-month "relevant period" for LCWRA Universal Credit claimants
  Open from Thursday 20th July 2023 to Saturday 20th January 2024
  127 signatures

• Establish a national regulator for private landlords to ensure fair rent
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  57 signatures

• Make state pension payments on fixed dates each month
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  548 signatures

• Require schools to have lunch breaks at least 40 minutes long
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  24 signatures

• Make 'National Lazy Day' a public holiday
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  21 signatures

• Require credit reference agencies to offer free fraud prevention notifications
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  83 signatures

• Ban sharing of penalty points information with non-government organisations
  Open from Thursday 6th July 2023 to Saturday 6th January 2024
  13 signatures

• Make the State Pension equal to Minimum Wage (40hr/wk 23+) to all from age 60
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  17,683 signatures

• Reform Universal Credit rules for people claiming Carer's Allowance.
  Open from Thursday 29th June 2023 to Friday 29th December 2023
  55 signatures

• Increase Carer's Allowance to 35 hours a week at the minimum wage
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  13,914 signatures

• Legislate to protect door supervisors against violence in the workplace
  Open from Tuesday 27th June 2023 to Wednesday 27th December 2023
  3,152 signatures

• Create fast-track for PIP applications where NHS staff can approve claims
  Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
  2,437 signatures

• Exempt Autistic and Neurodivergent people from the bedroom Tax
  Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
  32 signatures

• Adapt universal credit to support people who are paid every 4 weeks.
  Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
  55 signatures

• Recalculate child maintenance payments for income changes below 25% threshold
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  50 signatures

• Keep working tax and child tax credits for working families
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  66 signatures

• Improve DWP phone service for PIP claimants and create online portal for PIP
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  187 signatures

• Make SSP from first day of sickness and in line with National Living Wage
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  40 signatures

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