Investigation into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance
This investigation examines the recent increase in identified errors in Carer’s Allowance and attempts to recover overpayments.
Published:
26 Apr 2019
26 Apr 2019
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Supporting disabled people to work
This report is about the Department for Work & Pensions’ support to help disabled people overcome barriers to work.
Published:
28 Mar 2019
28 Mar 2019
Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2017-2018
The C&AG has published his audit opinions for 2017-18 on the 1993, 2003 and 2012 Child Maintenance Schemes
Published:
13 Dec 2018
13 Dec 2018
The Motability scheme
This report considers: the Motability scheme’s customer offer and performance; Motability Operations’ financial model; and the scheme’s governance arrangements.
Published:
7 Dec 2018
7 Dec 2018
Department for Work and Pensions annual report and accounts 2017-18
The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his opinion on the regularity of the Department for Work and Pensions’ financial statements due to material levels of fraud and error in benefit expenditure.
Published:
29 Jun 2018
29 Jun 2018
Rolling out Universal Credit
In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.
Published:
15 Jun 2018
15 Jun 2018
Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance
This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.
Published:
21 Mar 2018
21 Mar 2018
Memorandum: The Future of Jobcentre Plus Inquiry
Our 2016 memorandum was prepared to inform the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into the future of Jobcentre Plus (JCP), including the likely effects of planned welfare policy changes on JCP footfall and journey time to jobcentres. In October 2017 we published an associated interactive data model allowing exploration of the time it will take for people to travel to their nearest jobcentre.
Published:
21 Sep 2017
21 Sep 2017
A Short Guide to the Department for Work and Pensions
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
Published:
5 Sep 2017
5 Sep 2017
Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2016-17
The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has qualified his audit opinion on the regularity of the 2016-17 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions. This is owing to the high level of fraud and error in benefit expenditure excluding State Pension, resulting in over and underpayments to claimants.
4 July 2017
Published:
4 Jul 2017
4 Jul 2017