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15 May, 2015
DWP announces successful applications to the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme bid fund
New HB guidance highlights that 32 applications were successful and awarded a total of just over £3m
14 May, 2015
UK Government's proposed welfare provisions do not yet meet the 'spirit and substance' of the Smith Commission, says Scottish Parliament's Devolution Committee
Interim report on how Smith Commission's recommendations have been translated into proposed law calls on new UK Government to develop further legislation in co-operation with stakeholders in Scotland
14 May, 2015
Meaning of ‘engage with other people’ in activity 9, and its interaction with regulations 4 and 7
UK/5205/2014
[2015] UKUT 215 (AAC)
14 May, 2015
More than 58,000 households have had their benefit capped since April 2013
New figures from the DWP also show that, of those who are no longer subject to the cap, just 41 per cent are exempt due to a working tax credit claim
14 May, 2015
Almost twice as much benefit was overpaid due to error than was lost due to fraud in 2014/2015
New DWP statistics also show that £1.4bn was underpaid, of which £0.5bn was due to official error
13 May, 2015
Bedroom tax where bedroom converted into a living room for claimant with a severe learning disability
CSH/734/2014
13 May, 2015
More than 60,000 sanctions applied to employment and support allowance claimants since new regime began in December 2012
New DWP statistics also show that, under new regime, more than 100,000 jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned at least three times
13 May, 2015
Just under 54,000 claimants on universal credit caseload as at 9 April 2015
New DWP statistics also highlight that less than 100,000 people have made a claim for the new benefit since April 2013
12 May, 2015
Average clearance time for PIP new claim falls from peak of 41 weeks in July 2014 to 15 weeks in March 2015
New DWP statistics also show that more than 150,000 new claims and DLA reassessments awaiting clearance
12 May, 2015
New ministerial line-up at the DWP confirmed
Justin Tomlinson, Priti Patel and Ros Altmann to join Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Freud
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