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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• Stop advanced and budgeting repayments on universal credit until Covid-19 goes
  Open from Tuesday 21st April 2020 to Wednesday 21st October 2020
  32 signatures

• Limit Universal Credit & Working Tax Credit increases to those affected by virus
  Open from Tuesday 21st April 2020 to Wednesday 21st October 2020
  9 signatures

• Allow landlords full tax relief on finance costs such as mortgage interest
  Open from Tuesday 21st April 2020 to Wednesday 21st October 2020
  75 signatures

• To legislate so that Statutory Sick Pay covers the normal wage of the individual
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  33 signatures

• Remove savings cap on Universal Credit for Covid-19 related Self Employed claims
  Open from Thursday 16th April 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
  154 signatures

• Pay Universal Credit from Day One
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  121 signatures

• Reduce restrictions on access to private pensions during coronavirus
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  46 signatures

• Stop 2 child tax credit limit so we can buy the things they need during Covid-19
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  93 signatures

• Allow full time students to claim universal credit during the Covid-19 pandemic
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  97 signatures

• To give all parents with children food vouchers regardless of income.
  Open from Friday 3rd April 2020 to Saturday 3rd October 2020
  51 signatures

• Scrap The Bedroom Tax For People on SSP Due to Coronavirus.
  Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
  59 signatures

• Give local residents right to object to HMO licence applications.
  Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
  25 signatures

• Reduce the state pension age to 60 to better support the elderly
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  9,041 signatures

• Fund basic funerals/cremations for Covid-19 Victims
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  258 signatures

• Increase the state pension
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  533 signatures

• Divide Child Benefit equally between separated parents who share equal care.
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  25 signatures

• Increase Statutory Sick Pay
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  312 signatures

• Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  700 signatures

• Fund paid leave for people with high risk conditions during COVID19
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  101 signatures

• Require councils to provide Empty Property Premium details in property searches
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  18 signatures

• Public Inquiry into the effectiveness of the DWP in relation to disabled people.
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  78 signatures

• For the Government to legislate to abolish the Benefits Cap.
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  363 signatures

• Stop using student finance loans as an income when claiming universal credit
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  186 signatures

• Reform PIP assessments
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  166 signatures

• Make employers provide full sick pay for 6 months
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  48 signatures

• Extend maternity pay to 12 months
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  5,930 signatures

• Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  114,574 signatures

• Remove Universal Credit's 'Minimum Income Floor' for the self-employed.
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  461 signatures

• Protect benefits claimants from sanctions for missed appointments during COVID19
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  131 signatures

• Reinstate Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS) for Statutory Sick Pay payments
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  17 signatures

• Revoke the bedroom tax
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  159 signatures

• Reduce 5 week wait for first Universal Credit payment to 2 weeks.
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  300 signatures

• Remove mandatory financial advice clause for Defined Benefit Pension transfers.
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  14 signatures

• Exclude small private pensions when calculating Pension Credit entitlement
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  37 signatures

• Reform child maintenance and benefit calculations to be fair and prevent poverty
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  69 signatures

• Remove the minimum earnings threshold for Statutory Sick Pay
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  2,957 signatures

• Subject the Child Maintenance Service to review and ensure it's fit for purpose
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  4,741 signatures

• Stop the migration of people to Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  79 signatures

• Parliament to protect housing benefit payments during Coronavirus.
  Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
  483 signatures

• Allow child benefit to be claimed on household income, not individual income.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  302 signatures

• Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  20,610 signatures

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