Committee news

Government’s welfare reform proposals subject of new Committee inquiry
The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee has today launched its new inquiry on the Government’s welfare reform proposals, Pathways to Work.
3 April 2025

Manchester evidence session to quiz Burnham on Jobcentre reforms
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will be among the witnesses when the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee holds a public evidence session in Manchester Town Hall as it continues its inquiry into reforming Jobcentres.
28 March 2025

Health and disability green paper: Work and Pensions Committee Chair “mindful” of effects of reform on vulnerable
Today the Government announced reforms to health and disability social security support when they published ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’. This has particularly focused on changes to incapacity and disability benefits as well as health assessments. The Government has said that the reforms will enable more people with chronic long term health conditions, or who are disabled, to return to and stay in work.
18 March 2025

Pensions dashboards: MPs to examine progress on one-stop shop for pension info
The Work and Pensions Committee will hold an evidence session examining progress towards delivering online pensions dashboards that would enable people to find information on all their pension pots and their value in one place.
28 February 2025

MPs to probe councils’ role in lifting pensioners out of poverty
MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee will hold an evidence session on the role of local authorities and housing associations in tackling pensioner poverty.
20 February 2025

Disabilities Minister to be questioned on DWP’s approach to vulnerable claimants
MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee will question Disabilities Minister Sir Stephen Timms on how the Department for Work and Pensions protects vulnerable people engaged with the benefit system.
7 February 2025

MPs to question health and safety watchdog leadership
The Work and Pensions Committee will question the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leadership on the watchdog’s work.
31 January 2025

How can £9.7bn annual DWP fraud and error bill be justified?
Top officials from the Department for Work and Pensions will be questioned on its annual accounts on Wednesday.
The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee are likely to grill the Department’s representatives among other things on its historic failure to get fraud and error under control.
27 January 2025

Jobcentre reform inquiry launched
A new inquiry into Jobcentre reform has been launched by the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee. The inquiry is the first in a series from the Committee scrutinising proposals in the Government’s Get Britain Working white paper published on 26th November 2024.
23 January 2025

MPs to question DWP reps on safeguarding of vulnerable claimants
Members of the Committee will seek an update of the situation facing claimants, and on DWP policies and processes under the new Government before it reports its findings
2 January 2025

MPs to hear first evidence of pensioner poverty inquiry
MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee will hear from experts from key think tanks and pensioners’ representatives including Age UK about the state of pensioner poverty in the UK and how it could be reduced.
13 December 2024

Senior MPs seek answers on Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce
The Chairs of two influential House of Commons Committees have jointly written to the Government to get answers on the work of the Child Poverty Taskforce.
28 November 2024

Pensioner Poverty subject of new Committee inquiry
The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee has today launched its new Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations inquiry.
22 November 2024

Inquiry into DWP’s safeguarding of vulnerable benefits claimants reopened
An inquiry into how vulnerable claimants for benefits including Universal Credit can be better safeguarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, has been reopened by MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee.
12 November 2024

Kendall to be quizzed by Work and Pensions Committee
Liz Kendall will be questioned by the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee on 13 November.
8 November 2024

Work and Pensions Committee membership appointed
The House of Commons has formally appointed the membership of the Work and Pensions Committee.
29 October 2024

Debbie Abrahams elected Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee
Debbie Abrahams MP elected Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee
11 September 2024

Nominations open for the Work and Pensions Committee Chair
Nominations open for the Work and Pensions Committee Chair
4 September 2024

General Election 2024 - Select Committees
Following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, all select committees have ceased to exist.
30 May 2024

Universal Credit: Chairs of Public Accounts and Work & Pensions Committees call for statement from Employment Minister
The PAC and WPC Committees call on the Government to provide better information on the decision to bring forward the date for migrating Employment and Support Allowance claimants to Universal Credit
20 May 2024