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  2. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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    www.gov.uk /dwp The Minister for Work and Pensions , or Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the House of Lords , [ 1 ] is a junior position in the Department for Work and Pensions in the British government.

  3. Department for Work and Pensions - Wikipedia

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    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It 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 ...

  4. Employment and Support Allowance - Wikipedia

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    The "limited capability for work-related activity" assessment, which tells the DWP whether somebody who has passed the first stage of the test is able to take part in "work-related activity". It also influences the rate of ESA paid to the claimant. A DWP official makes the final decision on entitlement, based on all the available evidence.

  5. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Wikipedia

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    The secretary of state for work and pensions, also referred to as the work and pensions secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Department for Work and Pensions. [3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

  6. Work Capability Assessment - Wikipedia

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    With initial decisions, almost two-thirds of claimants were declared 'fit for work' by the DWP in 2009 and 2010. This dropped to around half once the reassessment programme got underway in 2011; by 2013, it was a third; by 2014, only a quarter of claimants were declared 'fit for work' by the DWP at the first stage of the decision-making process ...

  7. DWP General Manager Marty Adams said in an interview that the pay increases for line workers and electric mechanics is intended to stay competitive with other utilities and private contractors and ...

  8. Jobcentre Plus - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the DWP announced a "trailblazer" scheme under which all new job seekers on Merseyside would be required to claim benefits online rather than in person at a Jobcentre Plus branch. [24] This announcement was met with concern by Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger [ 25 ] as well as chiefs at the Public and Commercial Services union and ...

  9. Work Programme - Wikipedia

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    Despite being the flagship welfare-to-work scheme of the Conservative-led coalition government, and then the incumbent Conservative government from May 2015, the DWP announced, in November 2015, that it was replacing the Work Programme and Work Choice with a new Work and Health Programme for the longer-term unemployed and those with health ...