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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• 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

• 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

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