Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. It is the second largest governmental department in terms of employees, and the largest in terms of expenditure (£187bn).
DWP buildings at Quarry Hill, Leeds
Image: Official portrait of Rt Hon Mel Stride MP crop 2
Image: Official portrait of Jo Churchill MP crop 2
Image: Mims Davies
Jobcentre Plus is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom.
A Jobcentre Plus in Cambridge, England.
National Employment Exchange Service poster