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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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Fourth Report - Statutory Sick Pay
Inquiry Statutory Sick Pay
HC 148
Report
Response to this report
1st Special Report - Statutory Sick Pay: Government Response
HC 787
Special Report
1st Special Report - Statutory Sick Pay: Government Response
Inquiry Statutory Sick Pay
HC 787
Special Report
Second Report - Benefit levels in the UK
Inquiry Benefit levels in the UK
HC 142
Report
Response to this report
Third Special Report - Benefit levels in the UK: Government’s response to the Committee’s Second Report
HC 798
Special Report
Correspondence from the Minister for Pensions, in response to the Chairs letter of 31st January, regarding the non-indexation of pre-1997 rights
Correspondence
Correspondence from the Minister for Pensions, relating to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on 1950s women – options for remedy
Correspondence
Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, relating to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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1 April 2025
Inquiry Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Witnesses Lauren McKechnie (Chief Executive at Age UK Bolton), Paul McGarry (Head at Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub), Jo Rowlands (Head of Financial Inclusion at Leeds City Council), Trish Martin (Advice Services Manager at Southway Housing), Jo Volpe (Chief Executive at Leeds Older People’s Forum), Sue Forster (Welfare Benefits Co-ordinator at Citizens Advice Liverpool), and Idowu Khadijat Morafa (Founder and Director at Across Ummah CIC)
Oral Evidence
1 April 2025
Inquiry Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Witnesses Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA))
Oral Evidence
26 March 2025
Inquiry Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Witnesses Dr Juliet Stone (Research Fellow at Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University), Dr Kingsley Purdam (Lecturer, Social Statistics at Manchester University), Professor Matt Padley (Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University), Daphne Hall (Co-Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)), Gareth Morgan (CEO at Ferret Information Systems), and Gary Vaux (Head of Money Advice at Hertfordshire County Council)
Oral Evidence
Citizens Advice Liverpool (PPCM0056)
Inquiry Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Migrant Help (RJ0092)
Inquiry Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Sense (RJ0094)
Inquiry Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres

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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