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==Background==
 
==Background==
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 over 22 million claimants and customers.
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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 various working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers.
DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies. <ref name= “Gov”> [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions Department for Work and Pensions], GOV.UK, accessed 30 September 2014 </ref>  
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DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies. <ref name ="Gov"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions Department for Work and Pensions], GOV.UK, accessed 30 September 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Structure==
 
==Structure==
The Department has four operational organizations:
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The Department has four operational organisations:
 
===Jobcentre Plus===
 
===Jobcentre Plus===
 
Jobcentre Plus helps people move from benefits into work and helps employers fill vacancies. It also deals with benefits for people who are unemployed or unable to work because of a health condition or disability. <ref name= "Gov"/>
 
Jobcentre Plus helps people move from benefits into work and helps employers fill vacancies. It also deals with benefits for people who are unemployed or unable to work because of a health condition or disability. <ref name= "Gov"/>
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The Child Maintenance Options service provides impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance. It can also help them to set up their own, family-based arrangements. <ref name= "Gov"/>
 
The Child Maintenance Options service provides impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance. It can also help them to set up their own, family-based arrangements. <ref name= "Gov"/>
  
==People==
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==People==
 
===Ministers===
 
===Ministers===
*[[Iain Duncan Smith]]- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions   
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*[[Iain Duncan Smith]] - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions   
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*[[Priti Patel]] - Minister of State for Employment
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*[[Baroness Altmann]] CBE - Minister of State for Pensions
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*[[Lord Freud]] - Minister of State for Welfare Reform
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*[[Justin Tomlinson]] - Parliamentary Under Secretary
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====Former====
 
*[[Esther McVey]] – Minister of State for Employment   
 
*[[Esther McVey]] – Minister of State for Employment   
 
*[[Steve Webb]] – Minister of State for Pensions  
 
*[[Steve Webb]] – Minister of State for Pensions  
*[[Mark Harper]] – Minister of state for Disabled people
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*[[Mark Harper]] – Minister of State for Disabled people
*[[Lord Freud]] – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Reform
 
  
 
===Special Advisers===
 
===Special Advisers===
*[[Philippa Stroud]]
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*[[Lizzie Loudon]] - was appointed special adviser to [[Iain Duncan Smith]] in December 2013. Prior to this Loudon worked as the press officer at the DWP in 2012/13. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lizzie-loudon/98/509/949 Lizzie Loudon] ''LinkedIn profile'', accessed 7 October 2014 </ref>
*[[Romilly Dennys]]
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*[[Flora Rose]] - was appointed spad to [[Iain Duncan Smith]] in May 2015. Has previously worked with the leader of the House of Lords [[Tina Stowell]].
*[[Lizzie Loudon]]
 
  
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====Former====
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*[[Philippa Stroud]]- special adviser from May 2010 to May 2015. Previous jobs include candidate for Sutton and Cheam for the [[Conservative Party]], executive director at the [[Centre for Social Justice]] (CSJ) as well as chair of the CSJ Implementation Strategy Board. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippastroud Philippa Stroud] ''LinkedIn profile'', accessed 7 October 2014 </ref>
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*[[Romilly Dennys]] - worked as a special adviser for the DWP from October 2012 to May 2015. Previous roles include account director at [[Media Intelligence Partners]], senior account executive at [[Raitt Orr & Associates]] and fundraiser and campaigner at [[Diabetes UK]]. Dennys also worked in policy & campaigns at [[Independent Age]]. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/romilly-dennys/1a/a2b/914 Romilly Dennys] ''LinkedIn profile'', accessed 7 October 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 14:07, 17 July 2015

Background

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 various working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers.

DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies. [1]

Structure

The Department has four operational organisations:

Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus helps people move from benefits into work and helps employers fill vacancies. It also deals with benefits for people who are unemployed or unable to work because of a health condition or disability. [1]

The Pension Service

The Pension Service provides pensions, benefits and retirement information for current and future pensioners in the UK and abroad. [1]

Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service

Child maintenance is financial support that helps towards a child’s everyday living costs when the parents have separated. For people who can’t make their own, family-based arrangements, the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service calculate how much maintenance the paying parent should pay to the receiving parent and then collect the maintenance payments, if necessary. [1]

Child Maintenance Options

The Child Maintenance Options service provides impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance. It can also help them to set up their own, family-based arrangements. [1]

People

Ministers

Former

Special Advisers

Former

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Department for Work and Pensions, GOV.UK, accessed 30 September 2014
  2. Lizzie Loudon LinkedIn profile, accessed 7 October 2014
  3. Philippa Stroud LinkedIn profile, accessed 7 October 2014
  4. Romilly Dennys LinkedIn profile, accessed 7 October 2014