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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 ...
Government spending on benefits is set to be £8.6 billion over budget, DWP boss Liz Kendall has said, as she promises ‘radical reforms’ to cut the welfare bill.. Speaking in Commons, the work ...
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William Walsh (4 December 1923 – 28 July 2014), known as Bill or Billy Walsh, was an English footballer who made 145 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Sunderland, Northampton Town and Darlington.
The resulting legislation, the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), [7] reflected the policy development described above, subject to a number of changes made during the passage of the 1986 Bill. A phased introduction of the regulated Social Fund in April 1987 and the discretionary Social Fund in April 1988 followed.
Term length: At His Majesty's Pleasure: Formation: 10 December 1916: (as Minister for Pensions) 8 June 2001: (as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) First holder: George Barnes (as Minister for Pensions) Deputy: Minister of State for Employment: Salary: £159,038 per annum (2022) [1] (including £86,584 MP salary) [2]
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.