Committees

Work and Pensions Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Work and Pensions Committee looks into the policies and spending of the Department for Work and Pensions, including benefits for people in and out of work, state pensions and how private pensions are regulated. It also scrutinises DWP’s public bodies and other regulators. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @CommonsWorkPen.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report – Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants
Inquiry Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
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Inquiry Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to the Department's Advanced Customer Support (ACS) teams
Inquiry Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
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Correspondence with the Chair to Minister for Pensions, relating to the Pensions Dashboard
Work Pensions Dashboard (Non-inquiry session)
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Correspondence from the Minister for Equalities, relating to the Government’s call for evidence on Equality Law
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Oral evidence transcripts

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14 May 2025
Work Pension Schemes Bill (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Rachel Croft (Chair at Association of Professional Pension Trustees), Chris Curry (Director at Pensions Policy Institute), Yvonne Braun (Director of Policy, Long-Term Savings, Health and Protection at ABI), Joe Dabrowski (Deputy Director at Pension and Lifetime Savings Association), Jesse Griffiths (CEO at Finance Innovation Lab), William Wright (Managing Director at New Financial), and Jackie Wells (Independent Pensions Researcher)
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12 May 2025
Inquiry Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Witnesses Rhian Bowen-Davies, Older People's Commissioner for Wales, Victoria Lloyd (Chief Executive at Age Cymru), and Faye Patton (Head of Policy and Insights at Care and Repair Cymru)
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Oral Evidence
7 May 2025
Inquiry Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work
Witnesses Dr Lucy Foulkes (Academic Psychologist at Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford), David Finch (Assistant Director, Healthy Lives Directorate at Health Foundation), Professor Ben Barr (Professor in Applied Public Health Research at University of Liverpool), David Berry (Work and Skills Lead at Manchester City Council), Jonathan Andrew (Head of Public Affairs at Rethink Mental Illness), James Taylor (Executive Director at Scope), Mikey Erhardt (Campaigns and Policy Officer at Disability Rights UK), and Ellen Clifford (Disability Rights Campaigner at Disabled People Against Cuts)
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Written evidence

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UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) (PSB0001)
Work Pension Schemes Bill (Non-inquiry session)
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ShareAction, and ClientEarth (PSB0002)
Work Pension Schemes Bill (Non-inquiry session)
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Migrant Help (RJ0130)
Inquiry Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
15 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
13 published
Scrutiny evidence
Evidence received in the course of conducting legislative scrutiny.
4 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
4 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
38 published
Engagement documents
Documents relating to committee engagement activities, such as forums, surveys or ‘roundtable’ events with experts and stakeholders that the committee has chosen to make public.
6 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
198 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
134 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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  • Email: workpencom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8976 | 020 7219 1679 (Media)
  • Address: Work and Pensions Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA