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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• Set a deadline for decisions on mandatory reconsideration of a benefits decision
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  13 signatures

• Allow people receiving State Pension to receive Carer's Allowance
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  339 signatures

• Allow early access to a reduced state pension from the age of 60
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  608 signatures

• Reduce the state pension age to 63 for all
  Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
  13,300 signatures

• Reform how pension income is deducted from Universal Credit
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  65 signatures

• Personal Independence Payment to have online accounts like Universal Credit
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  431 signatures

• Make pension income exempt from income tax
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  176 signatures

• Allow the choice of online/phone Universal Credit appointments
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  16 signatures

• Remove requirements for couples to make joint claims for unemployment benefits
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  34 signatures

• Require work capability assessments to be done by a claimant's GP
  Open from Wednesday 19th May 2021 to Friday 19th November 2021
  18 signatures

• Raise the national minimum wage for 18-20 year olds
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  49 signatures

• Increase State Pensions to £400 a week and fund free adult social care for all
  Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
  4,242 signatures

• Change maternity leave rules for baby losses before 24 weeks
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  364 signatures

• Change the way universal credit works for 4 weekly paid employees.
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  105 signatures

• Make Subtitles/ Captions a legal requirement for online training & education
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  167 signatures

• Require employers with more than 250 employees to introduce a Menopause Policy
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  3,982 signatures

• Scrap Universal Credit and reinstate all legacy benefits
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  205 signatures

• Increase the State pension for all retired Armed Forces Veterans
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Change the high income child benefit tax charge to total household income
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  73 signatures

• £20pw increase for Disabled and Pensioners, backdated to March 2020
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  42 signatures

• Allow claimants to change Universal Credit assessment periods to fit their life
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  29 signatures

• Automatic right to remote working for those with ASD or mental health issues
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  45 signatures

• Stop paying parents being able to close Child Maintenance accounts
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  51 signatures

• Extend yearly State Pension increases to UK pensioners living in Canada
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  14 signatures

• Increase inclusion for and of disabled people in society
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  54 signatures

• Move the State Pension age back to 60 for both men & women
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  89,883 signatures

• Change IR35 rules to require client to pay employer NI
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  320 signatures

• Change Universal Credits and How Student Loans Decrease Payments To Hardship
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  16 signatures

• Give all Kinship Carers statutory parental leave.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  72 signatures

• Ensure DWP letters are sent in Manilla (brown) rather than white envelopes.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  36 signatures

• Change the way child maintenance is worked out - base on income after deductions
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  957 signatures

• Increase earnings limit for single parent entitlement to Carer’s Allowance
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  144 signatures

• Allow joint claims for Universal Credit to be paid into multiple accounts
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  30 signatures

• Introduce an independent regulator of the Child Maintenance Service
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  178 signatures

• Allow people on higher rate Attendance Allowance to access the Motability scheme
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  48 signatures

• Reform arrangements for benefits for people with lifelong disabilities
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  126 signatures

• Stop requiring couples to make joint claims for Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Scrap the Minimum Income Floor for Self-Employed people on Universal Credit
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  293 signatures

• Benefit calculations should not include the partner if applicant is unmarried.
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  18 signatures

• Change the pension auto enrolment criteria for under-22s and low paid workers
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  82 signatures

• Allow Disabled People to Keep All Their Benefits if They Move in With a Partner
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  26,325 signatures

• Increase Carers Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  26,454 signatures

• Exclude Lifetime ISA (LISA) savings from the Universal Credit savings limit.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  91 signatures

• End surveillance of welfare claimants
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  18 signatures

• Create an nationally recognised card for carers
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  14 signatures

• Introduce a Universal Basic Income in the next Budget
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  71 signatures

• Allow parents of apprentices to continue claiming child benefit and tax credits
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  86 signatures

• Provide financial support for people waiting on PIP appeals
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  24 signatures

• Use 'Live' HMRC Data to work out Child Maintenance payment calculations.
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  173 signatures

• Increase the child benefit to £200 pounds monthly per child.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  19,598 signatures

• Extension to the £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift for a minimum of 5 years.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  74 signatures

• Apply regional weighting to Universal Credit payments
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  14 signatures

• Stop Basic Rate Tax Payers paying the High Income Benefit Charge
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  8 signatures

• Keep the £20pw Universal Credit lifeline and extend to those on legacy benefits
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  13,034 signatures

• Require negative Covid test results for entering workplaces
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  14 signatures

• Extend any Universal Credit uplifts to legacy benefits
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  186 signatures

• ESA claimants to receive same increase as Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  1,213 signatures

• Increase the pension and benefits for the clinically vulnerable people.
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  18 signatures

• Allow non-resident parents who see their children an extra room
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  14 signatures

• Replace the supply of children's food parcels contract with a cash payment.
  Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
  35 signatures

• Reverse the benefits freeze in light of the coronavirus crisis
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  15 signatures

• Review and reform conduct of mental health assessments of benefit claimants
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  288 signatures

• Increase ALL unemployed benefits by an extra £20 a week due to Covid-19.
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  151 signatures

• Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  91,266 signatures

• Increase the allowable earnings for claiming Carer's Allowance to £170 a week
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  115 signatures

• New parents on Statutory Maternity to receive 80% of their wage.
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,315 signatures

• Temporarily allow early retirement to reduce unemployment caused by COVID
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  7,384 signatures

• Allow victims of domestic abuse to claim housing benefit in arrears
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  54 signatures

• Extend the contributions based employment allowance
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  38 signatures

• Reform the DWP’s Third Party Deductions Policy for low income claimants.
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  12 signatures

• Consider setting pension age in line with life expectancy
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  73 signatures

• Do not deduct carers allowance pound for pound as its not work!
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  132 signatures

• Increase the DWP Christmas bonus for benefit claimants in line with inflation
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  81 signatures

• Give babies of 2020 the chance of free nursery hours
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  207 signatures

• Legally recognise Emotional Support Animals (ESAs)
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  746 signatures

• Introduce a new Employers' Employment Incentive to employ out of work jobseekers
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  588 signatures

• Make Universal Credit accessible for Students that lost their jobs due to COVID
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  44 signatures

• Keep the £20 a week UC increase for 1 more year
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  450 signatures

• Tougher penalties for not paying child maintenance
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  80 signatures

• Suspend the benefit cap for people who have been forced out of work by Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  46 signatures

• Pay all Universal Credit Payments for December, before Christmas
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  21 signatures

• Up Universal Credit benefit cap by £1000 so vunerable families get covid payment
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  78 signatures

• allow all outdoor sports at a grassroots level to continue throughout lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  31 signatures

• Reform child maintenance – flat rates per child per night
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  287 signatures

• Stop all face to face assessments for PIP claimants
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  44 signatures

• One-off additional £150 Universal Credit payment for Winter 2020
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  76 signatures

• Extend Contribution-based and New Style Jobseekers Allowance during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  313 signatures

• Increase Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  123 signatures

• Write-off repayment of Universal Credit advance loans taken out during December
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  24 signatures

• Require PIP assessors to be health professionals with relevant experience
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  170 signatures

• Remove savings limit on Universal Credit for employees ineligible for JSS
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  13 signatures

• Backdate pay of disabled elements of Universal Credit to start of claim
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  38 signatures

• Abolish the two-child limit on Universal Credit in light of the Covid19 pandemic
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  158 signatures

• Extend the suspension of the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  4,472 signatures

• Provide financial support to all workers who self-isolate due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  26 signatures

• Allow early reduced state pension for 63-66 year olds
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  91 signatures

• Voluntary early retirement at 60 with reduced state pension
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  35 signatures

• Allow people to complete the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) form online
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  69 signatures

• Change the way Universal Credit is worked out regarding Student Finance
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  192 signatures

• Automatically award PIP to those with a lifelong disability that had a DLA award
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  38 signatures

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