The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the UK’s largest government department and is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. It administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits, serving around 20 million customers. DWP is responsible for • understanding and dealing with the causes of poverty rather than its symptoms • encouraging people to work and making work pay • encouraging disabled people and those with ill health to work and be independent • providing a decent income for people of pension age and promoting saving for retirement • providing value for money and reducing levels of fraud and error • reducing work-related death and serious injury in workplaces Read more