An introduction to social security in the UK
An introductory overview of the social security system in the United Kingdom.
EU Settlement Scheme application deadline
This briefing is for members and their staff dealing with constituency casework related to the EU Settlement Scheme deadline.
The aims of ten years of welfare reform (2010-2020)
This briefing looks at the aims which governments since 2010 have set out to justify major welfare reforms.
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Debate Pack
Debate on a Motion relating to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on the DWP’s response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
A debate on 'the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on the DWP’s response to the Coronavirus Outbreak’ has been scheduled for Thursday 26 November 2020.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Calls to ease No Recourse to Public Funds conditions
This briefing summarises who is subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) visa condition and how it is applied. It also identifies what state support and concessions might be available for migrants with NRPF during the coronavirus crisis. It does not cover migrants’ entitlements to NHS healthcare, or the position of European Economic Area nationals.
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Debate Pack
Universal Credit and Debt
On 5 June 2019 there will be a Westminster Hall debate regarding universal credit and debt. The debate will be led by Ruth George MP.
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Debate Pack
Widowed Parent’s Allowance
This House of Commons landing page briefing has been published in advance of a debate on "Widowed Parent's Allowance". This will be led by Liz Saville Roberts MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, starting at 11am and lasting for 30 minutes.
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Research Briefing
Social Fund Funeral Payments
Payments from the Social Fund can be made to claimants of means-tested benefits and tax credits to help meet the costs of a funeral. Payments are made from the regulated Social Fund and, as such, are not limited by budgetary constraints. 27,000 payments were made in Great Britain in 2016-17, at a total cost of £38.6 million. The average award in 2016-17 was £1,427.
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Debate Pack
Funeral Poverty
This House of Commons Library landing page has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled "Funeral Poverty". It will be led by Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 11th September 2018, starting at 2.30pm.
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Research Briefing
2018 Benefits Uprating
Most working-age benefits will be frozen at 2015/16 cash values from 2016/17 to 2019/20 inclusive. Over the year 2018/19 the increase in most benefits aimed at disabled people and pensioners will continue to be linked to CPI inflation, which increased to 3.0% in the year ending September 2017. The new State Pension will rise by 3.0% to £164.35.
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Research Briefing
Bereavement Support Payment
This Commons Library briefing looks at the Bereavement Support Payment, which replaced bereavement benefits (the Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance, and Widowed Parent's Allowance) for surviving spouses and civil partners widowed on or after 6 April 2017.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2017: Background briefing
The briefing sets out the background to Spring Budget 2017 which will take place on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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Research Briefing
2017 Benefits Uprating
This note sets out the main benefit and tax credit rates for the 2017/18 financial year.
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Research Briefing
Welfare savings 2010-11 to 2020-21
The House of Commons Library Welfare Expenditure and Savings Tool combines multiple sources of expenditure and savings data into one easy to use, up-to-date analysis tool. Users can track changes in welfare expenditure over time, analyse savings as a proportion of expenditure and identify key policy measures by benefit announced since June 2010. Total spending on UK social security and tax credits will be £218.4 billion in 2016-17, 28.3% of total managed expenditure. Measures announced since 2010 will save around £26 billion in the same year, roughly 10% of what welfare spending might otherwise have been.
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Research Briefing
2016 Benefits Uprating
This note sets out the main benefit and tax credit rates for the 2016-17 financial year.
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