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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• Allow all parents of dependent children to access Bereavement Support Payment
  Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
  239 signatures

• Release equality impact assessment on removing work capability assessment
  Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
  22 signatures

• Provide public 'care of addresses' for homeless people
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  40 signatures

• Prevent development on Green Belt land
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  162 signatures

• Amend guidance for PIP claimants on advising the DWP of travel abroad
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  5,615 signatures

• End income tax for over 70s
  Open from Thursday 11th May 2023 to Saturday 11th November 2023
  33 signatures

• To extend the eligibility for Cost of Living Payments in 2023/24
  Open from Thursday 11th May 2023 to Saturday 11th November 2023
  605 signatures

• Fund increased careers advice and job support for those with additional needs
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  103 signatures

• Make child maintenance payable up to 23 and increase maintenance payments
  Open from Wednesday 3rd May 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
  96 signatures

• Stop benefit sanctions for homeless benefit claimants
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  56 signatures

• To recognise polyamorous/polyamory relationships in UK law
  Open from Tuesday 25th April 2023 to Wednesday 25th October 2023
  44 signatures

• Reverse the requirement for parents on UC to be available to work for 30 hours
  Open from Monday 24th April 2023 to Tuesday 24th October 2023
  23,283 signatures

• Scrap the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for single parent families
  Open from Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Wednesday 18th October 2023
  155 signatures

• Lower the state pension age to 65
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  173 signatures

• Require Local Housing Allowance rates be increased in line with inflation
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  4,359 signatures

• Reduce the age NHS nurses can draw their NHS pension to 55
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  873 signatures

• Remove the Two-Child Limit on Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit Benefits
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  92 signatures

• Give Universal Credit claimants the option to receive fortnightly payments
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Increase the state pension to equal 35 hours a week at the National Living Wage
  Open from Thursday 6th April 2023 to Friday 6th October 2023
  38,005 signatures

• Start providing tax breaks to middle earners due to the high cost of living
  Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
  44 signatures

• Keep the Couples Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET) for Universal Credit
  Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  20 signatures

• Stop UK pensioners paying income tax on their state pension
  Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  22,903 signatures

• Legal aid for all employment tribunals
  Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  29 signatures

• A central register of Asbestos and phased removal of Asbestos from all buildings
  Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  10,697 signatures

• Stop CMS sharing paying parents financial details with receiving parents
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  128 signatures

• Credit all carers with national insurance contributions historically
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  80 signatures

• Split the fees for CMS child maintenance equally between parents
  Open from Tuesday 28th March 2023 to Thursday 28th September 2023
  28 signatures

• Provide full-time parent carers of disabled children with £332.50 a week
  Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
  96 signatures

• Do not raise the UC Administrative Earnings Threshold for single parents
  Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
  27 signatures

• Non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence with custodial penalties
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  835 signatures

• Stop the planned increase in the State Pension age, leave it at 66
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  4,289 signatures

• Make a £2000 one of payment for people on Carers Allowance.

• Make a £2000 one of payment for people on Carers Allowance.
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  30 signatures

• Issue Cold Weather Payments for 3 consecutive days of 0°C weather
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  41 signatures

• Help with childcare costs for Universal Credit claimants for all unpaid carers
  Open from Wednesday 15th March 2023 to Friday 15th September 2023
  28 signatures

• Provide compensation for incorrect child maintenance assessments
  Open from Monday 13th March 2023 to Wednesday 13th September 2023
  148 signatures

• Public Inquiry into Child Maintenance Service assessments and enforcement
  Open from Thursday 9th March 2023 to Saturday 9th September 2023
  3,142 signatures

• Make menopause a protected characteristic and introduce new employment rights
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  1,157 signatures

• Introduce a progressive Universal Basic Income (UBI)
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
  229 signatures

• Conduct a full review of the Child Maintenance Service
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
  240 signatures

• Make women eligible for SSP for up to 3 days a month for severe menstrual pain
  Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
  173 signatures

• Make it law that public sector workers get an annual pay rise of CPI inflation
  Open from Tuesday 28th February 2023 to Monday 28th August 2023
  25 signatures

• End the Restart Scheme
  Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
  116 signatures

• End age discrimination in Universal Credit housing cost entitlements
  Open from Thursday 23rd February 2023 to Wednesday 23rd August 2023
  38 signatures

• Only family members should be allowed to claim from the Children’s Funeral Fund
  Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
  20 signatures

• Allow disabled people to keep all their benefits if they move in with a partner
  Open from Friday 17th February 2023 to Thursday 17th August 2023
  11,462 signatures

• Extend Bereavement Support Payments (BSP) for widowed parents
  Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
  11,789 signatures

• Do not treat student maintenance loans as an income for Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
  149 signatures

• Increase the basic State Pension to match the new State Pension
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  16,093 signatures

• Remove 6 year limit on paying voluntary NI Contributions to repair gap in record
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  72 signatures

• Ensure the income threshold for Pension Credit is higher than the State Pension
  Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
  42 signatures

• Extend the Sure Start Maternity Grant to all new children
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  19 signatures

• Allow children to receive DLA up to the age of 18 years old
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  1,361 signatures

• Ban rent rises for social housing during rising cost of living
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  25 signatures

• Fast track benefits for all people diagnosed with a terminal illness
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  7,949 signatures

• Do not deduct Carer's Allowance from Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  509 signatures

• Allow people with a terminal illness to claim state pension early
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  88 signatures

• Increase the State Pension for people with disabilities by £25 a week
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  509 signatures

• Increase State Pensions to £416.80 per week & lower Retirement Age to 60 for All
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  44,956 signatures

• Make PIP an eligible benefit for cold weather payment
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  67 signatures

• Allow managed migration of claims for young adults with additional needs.
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  50 signatures

• Make students eligible for government cold weather payments.
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  203 signatures

• Remove the need for consent to install double glazing in listed building
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  392 signatures

• Repeal the Triple Lock and reduce the State Pension rate to £125 a week
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  20 signatures

• Provide accessible information on cost of living support to disabled people
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  89 signatures

• Give customers aged over 70 a right to hard copy invoices/bills
  Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
  2,276 signatures

• Increase Universal Credit and legacy benefits by £25 a week
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  57 signatures

• Reduce the state pension age to 60 for long-term night shift workers.
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  57 signatures

• Allow people over state pension age to newly qualify for PIP higher mobility
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  48 signatures

• Keep triple lock on pensions
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  1,209 signatures

• Fully outlaw practice of landlords/agents refusing to let to benefits claimants
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  37 signatures

• Make PIP available for people with autoimmune diseases
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  72 signatures

• Retain the link between welfare benefits and inflation
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  25 signatures

• Make socio-economic status a protected characteristic in the Equality Act
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  27 signatures

• Create an obligatory tenancy deposit scheme for commercial premises
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  101 signatures

• Lifetime driving ban if you are convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.

• Restore guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) indexation of the state pension
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  1,146 signatures

• Publish DWP reports and research that are currently being withheld
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  416 signatures

• Significantly increase the Minimum Income Guarantee.
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  295 signatures

• Remove the freeze on UK pensioners living overseas.
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  42 signatures

• Remove the 2 child limit for Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  56 signatures

• Ensure PIP applications are considered within a maximum of 12 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  110 signatures

• Inquiry into sale of all previously publicly-owned British infrastructure
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  174 signatures

• Pay full £650 Cost Of Living Payment and £400 energy rebate to everyone directly
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  73 signatures

• Reform child maintenance to consider income and outgoings of both parents
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  295 signatures

• End Universal Credit and reinstate previous system of benefits and tax credits
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  58 signatures

• Only require child maintenance from fathers listed on birth certificate
  Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
  29 signatures

• Create a national card for disabled people
  Open from Tuesday 2nd August 2022 to Thursday 16th February 2023
  59 signatures

• Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  16,561 signatures

• Require Jobcentre Plus centres have accessible toilets for customers
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  37 signatures

• Stop Deduction from Earnings Orders (DEO) for child maintenance debts
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  886 signatures

• Set a Minimum Pension Guarantee (MPG) of at least £200 pw for state pensioners
  Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
  16,131 signatures

• Increase Universal Credit to match National Living Wage and change savings rules
  Open from Friday 22nd July 2022 to Sunday 5th February 2023
  53 signatures

• Create pension parity for men and women born before 1951/53
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  798 signatures

• Abolish the benefit cap
  Open from Wednesday 13th July 2022 to Friday 27th January 2023
  30 signatures

• Treat Maternity Allowance the same as SMP when claiming other benefits
  Open from Wednesday 13th July 2022 to Friday 27th January 2023
  62 signatures

• End assessments and consider disability benefit claims on medical advice alone
  Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
  29,048 signatures

• Public inquiry into treatment of people with mental health issues by the DWP
  Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
  545 signatures

• Extend the £650 cost of living payments to contributions-based ESA claimants
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  86 signatures

• Create a higher rate of Carer's Allowance for people providing 70+ hours care
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  236 signatures

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