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December 2004

Date Title Format
22/12/04 Consultation continues on Pensions Act 2004 code of practice HTML
20/12/04 'Get your Pension Credit call in for Christmas' - Wicks tells pensioners HTML
17/12/04 Consultation begins on using regulation-making powers under the disability discrimination bill HTML
16/12/04 Fraud halved as DWP war on fraud saves over £1 billion HTML
16/12/04 Fraud and error in Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance April 2003 to March 2004 (78KB) PDF
16/12/04 Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilots: employers' management of long term sickness absence HTML
15/12/04 Strengthened support for people on incapacity benefits who want to try work HTML
15/12/04 Welfare to work is working - Kennedy HTML
15/12/04 DWP statistical summary - December 2004 (269KB) PDF
15/12/04 Client Group Analysis: Quarterly bulletin on families with children on key benefits - August 2004 (93KB) PDF
15/12/04 Client Group Analysis: Quarterly bulletin on the population of working age on key benefits - August 2004 (134KB) PDF
14/12/04 Increasing opportunity to move from welfare to work HTML
14/12/04 Publication of DWP research report 214 a stepping stone to employment: an evaluation of permitted work rules wave 2 HTML
13/12/04 David Norgrove announced as first chair of The Pensions Regulator HTML
13/12/04 Government welcomes Employer Task Force report HTML
13/12/04 ‘Last chance saloon for voluntarism’ – Employer Task Force publishes pensions report HTML
08/12/04 Whitehall task force announces action to tackle public sector sickness absence HTML
07/12/04 Simplification for pensions - consultation on DC indexation regulations HTML
07/12/04 Pensions to be protected in takeovers – Wicks announces consultation on the transfer of employment (PENSION PROTECTION) regulations 2005 HTML
06/12/04 £2 billion extra to be spent on pensioners HTML
03/12/04 Caring for carers HTML
03/12/04 Estimate of the annual spending power of adults in Britain covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (1995): HTML
03/12/04 Don’t leave disabled customers out in the cold this Christmas HTML
02/12/04 New FAS eligibility details announced HTML
02/12/04 Reforms so employers can promote pensions at work HTML
02/12/04 £220 million expansion of successful scheme helping people on incapacity benefits get back to work HTML
02/12/04 Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) report: Chester-le-Street District Council HTML
02/12/04 Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) report: City of York Council HTML
02/12/04 Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) report: Rutland County Council HTML
02/12/04 Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) report: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council HTML