Commons Select Committee

Work and Pensions Committee

Chair: Debbie Abrahams

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.

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (17)

Carer's benefits beyond the Sayce Review

ActiveOpened 24 Feb 2026

Disability and Ill-health in the Workplace

ActiveOpened 26 Jan 2026

DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

ActiveOpened 20 Jan 2026

Youth employment, education and training

ActiveOpened 8 Jan 2026

Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Pensions Regulator

ActiveOpened 6 Jan 2026

Young people who are NEET and the transfer of Skills to DWP

ActiveOpened 17 Nov 2025

Transition to State Pension age

ActiveOpened 10 Nov 2025

Discretionary payments and member representation in defined benefit schemes

ActiveOpened 15 Oct 2025

Social Security Advisory Committee

ActiveOpened 18 Sept 2025

Child Maintenance Service

ActiveOpened 31 Jul 2025

Employment support for disabled people

ActiveOpened 16 Jul 2025

Local Housing Allowance and other benefit-related matters in the housing sector

ActiveOpened 9 Jun 2025

Pension Schemes Bill

ActiveOpened 7 May 2025

Pensions Dashboard

ActiveOpened 19 Feb 2025

DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

ActiveOpened 22 Jan 2025

Health and Safety Executive

ActiveOpened 22 Jan 2025

The work of the Department for Work and Pensions

ActiveOpened 31 Oct 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Correspondence from the Secretary of State, providing an update on the Youth Guarantee

CorrespondenceYouth employment, education and training

18 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to Carers Allowance

CorrespondenceCarer's benefits beyond the Sayce Review

18 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Department for Work and Pensions, relating to the presentation of skills in the Main Estimate following a Machinery of Government change

Correspondence

12 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Secretary of State, relating to the Government's revised decision on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on 1950s women

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary, relating to the Department for Work and Pensions Supplementary Estimate 2025/26

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary, following the evidence session on the Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 on 21 January 2026

CorrespondenceDWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education, relating to the Schools White Paper and SEND Consultation

Correspondence

4 Mar 2026

Department for Work and Pensions Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - Tables and charts

Estimate memoranda

25 Feb 2026

Department for Work and Pensions Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26

Estimate memoranda

25 Feb 2026

Correspondence from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, relating to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on 1950s women

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

Correspondence from the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to the Crisis Resilience Fund

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to the Crisis Resilience Fund

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary, following up his evidence session on the Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

CorrespondenceDWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

4 Feb 2026

Response from the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to Internal Process Review (IPR) publications

Correspondence

4 Feb 2026

Letter to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, regarding engagement between the DWP and PHSO on the action plan arising from their State Pension age investigation

CorrespondenceTransition to State Pension age

21 Jan 2026

6th Report - The appointment of Emma Douglas as Chair of the Pensions Regulator

ReportPre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Pensions Regulator

16 Jan 2026

HC 1610

Letter from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, regarding engagement between the DWP and PHSO on the action plan arising from their State Pension age investigation

CorrespondenceTransition to State Pension age

16 Jan 2026

Response to the Committee’s letter to the Secretary of State, following his appearance before the Committee on 19 November.

CorrespondenceThe work of the Department for Work and Pensions

14 Jan 2026

Correspondence from the Minister for Pensions, relating to the chair of the Pensions Regulator

CorrespondencePre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Pensions Regulator

8 Jan 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for Pensions, relating to the chair of the Pensions Regulator

CorrespondencePre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Pensions Regulator

8 Jan 2026

Completed Inquiries (4)

Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Closed23 Apr 20251 Jan 2026

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres

Closed23 Jan 20251 Jan 2026

Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

Closed22 Nov 20241 Jan 2026

Safeguarding vulnerable claimants

Closed21 Jul 202317 Sept 2025

Contact

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