Policy publications

Policy publications help to explain how we are taking forward the Government's plans - from policy development to delivery proposals and evaluation. Policy publications include Green Papers, White Papers and reports that shape policy.

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Policy areas

• Welfare Reform
• Pensions and older people
• Children
• Social inclusion
• Other policy areas

Welfare reform	Date
Welfare reform
Universal Credit implementation: Government response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee	05/02/13
The effect of policy changes on the youth claimant count (70KB)	13/07/12
Universal Credit: the impact on passported benefit - Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and response by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	27/03/12
The Work Programme (892KB)	03/08/11
DWP Worklessness Co-design – report	09/06/11
The Coalition: Our Programme for Government – Jobs and Welfare (42KB)	30/07/10
Work Capability Assessment Internal Review (434KB) Work Capability Assessment Internal Review – Addendum (113KB)	29/03/10
Flexible working: working for families, working for business	15/03/10
The Social Fund: A new approach	01/12/08
Improving health and work: changing lives – Government response to Working for a Healthier Tomorrow, Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population (Working for health website)	25/11/08
Social Fund reform feasibility study	24/11/08
Working for a healthier tomorrow (2.3MB)	18/03/08
DWP Commissioning Strategy (734KB) Strategaeth Comisiynu’r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau (523KB)	28/02/08
"Working Neighbourhoods Fund” document published jointly by Communities and Local Government (CLG) and DWP (links to CLG website)	30/11/07
DWP Commissioning Strategy – interim report (74KB)	27/11/07
Opportunity, Employment and Progression: making skills work (462KB) Cyfle, Cyflogaeth a Chynnydd: gwneud i sgiliau weithio (132KB)	26/11/07
Statutory Sick Pay review working group – final report	25/10/07
North West – Moving Towards Full Employment	18/05/07
Wales – Towards Full Employment	09/03/07
Freud Report – Reducing dependency, increasing opportunity – options for the future of welfare to work	05/03/07
Scotland – Employment and prosperity	26/01/07
Getting welfare right – Tackling error in the benefit system	24/01/07

Pensions and older people	Date
Draft Pensions Bill	18/01/13
Pensions reform including Single-tier pension	14/01/13
Reinvigorating Workplace Pensions	22/11/12
Guidance for offering a default option for defined contribution automatic enrolment pension schemes (134KB)	24/05/11
Occupational and personal pension schemes: review of certain contracting-out terms (1.5MB) Reports by the Government Actuary and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in accordance with Sections 42(1), 42B(1) and 45A(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993	03/02/11
European Commission's Green Paper on pensions - UK Government response (60KB) Consultations and other commission documents - Green Paper: towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems (European Commission website)	22/11/10
The Coalition: Our Programme for Government – Pensions and Older People (55KB)	30/07/10
Community Care Grants  – Evaluation of a pilot campaign to increase the understanding and take-up of Community Care Grants by older people in Gateshead – Final report – July 2008 (1.02MB)	16/10/08
Independent Review of Older People’s Engagement with Government	09/10/08
Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2008 (1.12MB)	15/09/08
Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Work and Pensions, the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund (126KB)	27/02/08
Occupational and personal pensions
Pension schemes – consultation of members by employers – DWP guidance (April 2010) (163KB)	06/04/09
Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes – Review of Certain Contracting-Out Terms (972KB)	15/03/06

Children	Date
Preparing for the future, tackling the past: Child Maintenance – Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012-2017 (273KB)	31/01/13
Child maintenance redesign
Child poverty
Harker report on child poverty	01/11/06

Social inclusion	Date
Social Justice
National Social Report	24/05/12
Valuing employment now – real jobs for people with learning disabilities (Department of Health website)	24/06/09
Secretary of State’s disability equality report (1MB) Easy read – Secretary of State’s disability equality report (27KB)	01/12/08
National Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion	19/09/08

Other policy areas	Date
Building Engagement, Building Futures	15/12/11
Ending gang and serious youth violence	01/11/11
Energy Rebate Scheme
The Government Response to the ICL Inquiry Report (399KB)	18/03/10
Inquiry into the underlying causes of construction fatal accidents	08/07/09
Proposed changes to the Health and Safety Executive’s Nuclear Directorate (21KB)	16/06/09
The Nation’s Commitment: Cross-Government Support to our Armed Forces, their Families and Veterans	07/01/09
The Buncefield Investigation: The Government and Competent Authority’s Response (282KB)	13/11/08
Review of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board	19/11/07
Independent Living Fund Review	15/03/07
Code of Practice for tracing ELCI policies
Mesothelioma
Help and advice for people with mesothelioma (357KB)	22/03/07
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit – Improving claims handling in mesothelioma cases – consultation report (41KB)	01/03/07
Fraud
Tackling fraud and error in the benefit and tax credits systems (340KB)	18/10/10
Sanction Policy – for fraudulent Social Security benefit claims (38KB)	12/05/10
Simplification
Simplification and the customer (746KB)	05/10/07
Benefit Simplification Guide to Best Practice (166KB)	05/07/09
Simplification Plans