A Short Guide to the Department for Work and Pensions
Published on:The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.
The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has qualified his audit opinion on the regularity of the 2014-15 accounts of the DWP, owing to the unacceptably high level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure.
This impacts case study shows how DWP has responded to our reviews of several welfare reform programmes, including by improving financial controls, contract management, and the way it manages its portfolio of change programmes.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
The C&AG has reported on the 2020-21 National Employment Savings Trust Corporation Accounts.
This guide uses the NAO’s insights to show what can be done to counter the risk of fraud and error.
The C&AG has reported on the 2019-20 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care.
This impacts case study shows how our identification of data and management weaknesses was pivotal in leading to the implementation of actions to address them.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO between April and December 2022.
The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the Client Funds Accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions on the grounds of material errors in the calculations of child maintenance assessments.
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This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Work and Pensions during 2013-14.
It is important that the Government ensures its compliance programme reflects the changing risks within the labour market, and maintains its progress in ensuring all employers pay the minimum wage.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion owing to the material level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure.
The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the consolidated financial statements for the whole of the UK public sector, showing what the UK Government spends and receives, and what it owns and owes.
This is an interactive visualisation of the financial information contained within the Whole of Government accounts published over the last five years
The DWP has simplified the way it administers child maintenance and is approaching expected levels of performance. But overall objectives might be at risk if the number of people using family-based arrangements does not increase.
This report looks at how effectively government met the needs of clinically extremely vulnerable through the shielding programme.
For DWP, innovation will be vital if it is to meet the needs of its customers while protecting taxpayers’ money
The Department for Work and Pensions has not yet achieved value for money in managing contracted-out health and disability assessments.
The government continues to lose large amounts of money through fraud and error overpayments and many vulnerable people get less support than they are entitled to.
It is important that the DWP use the hard lessons it learned from implementing its recent programme of welfare reforms to improve how it manages change and anticipates risk.