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Welfare and pensions

  • Research Briefing

    Historical Rates of Social Security benefits

    Friday, 22 November, 2013

    This note sets out the historical rates for the major social security benefits since the introduction of the modern welfare state in 1948.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Pensions
  • Insight

    Delivering Universal Credit

    Friday, 22 November, 2013

    For Ministers and civil servants alike, the recent National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) reports on progress implementing Universal Credit (UC) will have made uncomfortable reading. The PAC described management of the UC programme as “extraordinarily poor”, pointing to a “shocking absence of financial and other internal controls.”

    • Insight
    • Benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Mesothelioma Bill

    Monday, 18 November, 2013

    The Bill provides the legislative framework for a new Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to make payments to people with diffuse mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos either negligently or in breach of statutory duty by an employer, and who are unable to bring a claim for damages against the employer or an Employers’ Liability (EL) insurer.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Civil law
    • Diseases
    • Finance
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Winter Fuel Payments: people in residential care

    Monday, 11 November, 2013

    People in residential care who receive Pension Credit do not qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Other care home residents receive half the full rate (£100, or £150 for people aged 80 or over). This note describes the rules as they apply to people in care homes, and explains the rationale behind them.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments for winter 2013/2014

    Monday, 11 November, 2013

    Cold Weather Payments are made from the Social Fund to certain recipients of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Pension Credit during periods of very cold weather.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Energy
    • Family benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Civil service pensions – reforms to 2010

    Friday, 25 October, 2013

    Provides an overview of the development of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme to 2010

    • Research Briefing
    • Government
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Pension Credit: assessed income periods

    Wednesday, 23 October, 2013

    Background to the abolition of "assessed income periods" in Pension Credit announced in Spending Review 2013

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) – background

    Thursday, 17 October, 2013

    This note outlines the development of proposals for NEST (a national, low cost pension scheme aimed at low to moderate earners)

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) – 2012 onwards

    Thursday, 17 October, 2013

    Looks at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), a low cost pension saving scheme, which started operations in July 2012

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Teachers’ Pension Scheme – background

    Friday, 20 September, 2013

    This note looks at the development of the Teachers' Pension Scheme

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Bereavement benefits

    Friday, 30 August, 2013

    Information on the current system of bereavement benefits (Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance and Widowed Parent’s Allowance) and on the Government's proposals for a new Bereavement Support Payment.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Bereavement benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Firefighters Pension Schemes -background

    Thursday, 15 August, 2013

    This note covers the development of the Firefighters' Pension Schemes and current reform issues

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Universal Credit: proposals for a seven day “waiting period” for claims

    Wednesday, 31 July, 2013

    In Spending Round 2013 on 26 June, the Chancellor announced that new Universal Credit claimants subject to work-related conditionality who have not had a UC claim in the previous six months will have to wait seven days before becoming eligible for support. The measure is expected to be introduced from April 2015, and ultimately yield savings of around £260 million a year.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Royal Mail Pension Plan

    Thursday, 18 July, 2013

    This note looks at the development of the Royal Mail Pension Plan and the Government's decision to take responsibility for its historic deficit.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Short Term Benefit Advances and Budgeting Advances

    Friday, 12 July, 2013

    From 1 April 2013, a new advance of benefit facility administered by DWP replaced Social Fund Budgeting Loans, interim payments of benefits and "alignment payments". This note gives details of the new system of Short Term Benefit Advances and Budgeting Advances.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Family benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits

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