Department for Work & Pensions 2025-26
Published on:DWP delivers pensions and benefits to 23 million people across Great Britain, making it the government’s largest-spending department.
DWP delivers pensions and benefits to 23 million people across Great Britain, making it the government’s largest-spending department.
The audit will examine how the Cabinet Office has managed the transition of the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita
This report will examine how public service pension arrangements work and whether they are used effectively.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its 2025-26 accounts, containing the audit opinion of the C&AG.
DWP’s total expenditure in 2024-25 was £298 billion, the largest of any government department.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has reported on the 2024-25 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
This investigation provides an assessment of HMRC’s specific compliance intervention for Child Benefit using Home Office travel data.
Background Carer’s Allowance gives financial support to people who provide regular and substantial care for someone. The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) administers the benefit, which is currently £86.45 per week. In 2024-25, around one million people received Carer’s Allowance, with payments totalling over £4.2 billion. There have been longstanding concerns about overpayments of […]
This NAO report examines Cabinet Office’s oversight of the civil service pension scheme and the current levels of customer service.
DWP has an ambition to be a leader in public service innovation to improve outcomes for it citizens, increase productivity and secure better value for taxpayers.
The NAO investigates DWP’s operation of the Access to Work scheme to help inform public debate on its future.
This report has been produced to provide an introduction to DWP and the NAO’s examination of its spending and performance in 2023-24.
This study will look at whether DWP has an effective approach to meeting the need for face-to-face engagement with its customers
Capacity and capability issues, including a lack of digital skills, have contributed to delays to government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
This National Audit Office (NAO) report examines whether DWP has an effective approach to tackling overpayments in the welfare system.
DWP has reduced the level of support it offers to Universal Credit claimants due to a shortage of available work coaches at jobcentres.
Our report sets out the latest data on Carer’s Allowance to improve transparency and inform public debate.
DWP’s customer service has fallen short of expected standards in recent years, and is letting down some of the most vulnerable in society.
A guide to help government departments assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.