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11 September, 2018

Just 20 households on universal credit received a split payment in June 2018

New statistics also show that the DWP arranged twice monthly or more frequent payments for 20,000 households

11 September, 2018

72 per cent of reassessed DLA claims result in a PIP award

New DWP statistics also show that, by the end of July 2018, 44 per cent of new PIP claims resulted in an award

10 September, 2018

Housing benefit subsidy for 2017/2018 and 2018/2019

New statutory instrument

7 September, 2018

Scottish Fiscal Commission seeks 'Memorandum of Understanding' with DWP to improve sharing of benefit data

Call for a formal data sharing agreement follows DWP decision to treat most recent request for information as a Freedom of Information request

6 September, 2018

Payment of arrears of benefit due to claimants who were underpaid ESA on their conversion from incapacity benefit

DWP issues new guidance following consent order issued in recent Upper Tribunal decision

6 September, 2018

DWP publishes new research exploring claimants’ experiences of the PIP claim process

Research follows recommendation in Paul Gray’s 2014 independent review of the PIP assessment

6 September, 2018

Universal credit's design flaws need to be resolved before managed migration proceeds

Get this final phase of the rollout wrong and some families could be put off claiming universal credit altogether, says Resolution Foundation

6 September, 2018

Government responds to UN Committee's concerns about the impact of austerity measures on disabled people

DWP Minister says that, while more needs to be done, the government is always making improvements that reflect the intent of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

6 September, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee to ‘take up the cudgels’ to ensure implementation of Supreme Court ruling on bereavement benefits

Committee Chair Frank Field also asks government to issue guidance to bereaved families pending any decision on whether it will amend eligibility rules

6 September, 2018

Extensions to list of prescribed occupations for latex anaphylaxis and nasal carcinoma

New DWP guidance

5 September, 2018

Scottish Government to start delivery of best start grant payments before Christmas 2018

First Minister says that accelerated roll-out will help families six months ahead of schedule

5 September, 2018

Value of outstanding housing benefit overpayments ‘continues to follow an increasing trend’

New DWP statistics show a total debt of £2.12 billion as at January 2018, up by £100 million on the same point in the previous year

3 September, 2018

DWP provides update on roll-out of Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service to local authorities

Alerts, which provide immediate notification of changes in income, to replace Real Time Information referrals

31 August, 2018

National Fraud Initiative detected £24.9 million of housing benefit fraud and error between 2016 and 2018

New report also says that data matching for council tax support introduced from 2016/2017 identified £2.8 million of incorrect payments

30 August, 2018

Comptroller and Auditor General in Northern Ireland qualifies his opinion on Department for Communities' accounts for 2017/2018

Benefit overpayments due to fraud and error have risen to £91.4 million, up from £87.7 million the previous year

29 August, 2018

75 per cent of DLA reassessment claims were awarded PIP in Northern Ireland

New statistics for the two year period since PIP was introduced also show that 46 per cent of new claims resulted in an award

29 August, 2018

More than 90 per cent of LHA rates are below cheapest rent levels, says Chartered Institute of Housing

New research highlights risk of homelessness as low-income tenants forced to choose between basic living expenses and paying rent shortfall

29 August, 2018

Industrial injuries benefits for latex anaphylaxis and nasal carcinoma in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule extends prescription criteria

29 August, 2018

Disregarding Scotland’s carer’s allowance supplement when determining income-related benefit claims

New DWP guidance