The Committee is investigating the gap between the employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people and how the Department for Work and Pensions can better support disabled people in the labour market.
We'll be looking at trends in the disability employment gap, the economic impact of low employment rates for …
The Committee is looking at how savers are prepared and protected to move from saving for retirement to using their pension savings.
This work will be in three parts. For the first part, we’ll be looking at pension scams and what more can be done to prevent them. We are …
The Work and Pensions Committee is launching an inquiry to look at how prepared DWP and its Jobcentre Plus network is for changes in the world of work brought about by new technology.
The Committee would like to hear about the challenges DWP faces as a result of technological change, …
Universal Credit has a “baked in” wait for the first payment. After completing all of the stages of their application, claimants must then wait for at least five weeks to receive their award. They can ask for an Advance payment if they need money more urgently, which they then pay …
The Work and Pensions Committee wants to hear about how coronavirus is affecting people who need to rely on the benefits system. We’re interested in finding out about the experiences of people who are having to claim benefits for the first time, the experiences of people who were already claiming …
Both Committees are aware that school holidays can place additional burdens on families. Low-income parents are at particular risk of experiencing financial difficulties during the holidays, because of extra childcare costs and the absence of free school meals for their children.
Save the Children and other organisations have raised concerns …
In early May 2019 the Committee wrote to Lloyds Bank Group querying executive pension levels of senior executives compared to the wider workforce, in the wake of reports that Chief Executive António Horta-Osório had “voluntarily” given up a portion of his pension.
The Committee asked why Lloyds chief executive “Mr …
The Committee has opened a new, dedicated strand of work on The Pensions Regulator (TPR)’s priorities and approach, starting Wednesday 26 June 2019 when the Committee will question new Chief Executive of The Pensions Regulator Charles Counsell.
Since the collapse of British high street chain BHS, and two years …
The Work and Pensions Committee has launched a new inquiry examining DWP’s spending priorities and how it makes its spending decisions, in light of the announcement of a forthcoming cross-government Spending Review.
We are inviting ideas and “model budgets” to suggest what DWP’s spending priorities should be – and what …
This follow-up inquiry comes two years on from the implementation of Bereavement Support Payment. It will look at how the new benefit it is working in practice, and press the Government on its progress in responding to the 2018 Supreme Court ruling, which found that the restriction of Widowed Parents …