DWP Welfare consultation - 21st Century

[Amethyst]

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/21st-century-welfare.pdf

Through this consultation the Department for Work and Pensions seeks views to inform our thinking on reforms to the benefits and Tax Credits system, including the idea of a single integrated Universal Credit. ( 21st Century Welfare - DWP Consultation - Closes 1st October 2010 | HIV Benefits )


1. What steps should the Government consider to reduce the cost of the welfare system and reduce welfare dependency and poverty?

2. Which aspects of the current benefits and Tax Credits system in particular
lead to the widely held view that work does not pay for benefit recipients?

3. To what extent is the complexity of the system deterring some people from moving into work?

4. To what extent is structural reform needed to deliver customer service improvements, drive down administration costs and cut the levels of error, overpayments and fraud?

5. Has the Government identified the right set of principles to use to guide reform?

6. Would an approach along the lines of the models set out in chapter 3 improve work incentives and hence help the Government to reduce costs and tackle
welfare dependency and poverty? Which elements would be most successful? What other approaches should the Government consider?

7. Do you think we should increase the obligations on benefit claimants who
can work to take the steps necessary to seek and enter work?


8. Do you think that we should have a system of conditionality which aims to maximise the amount of work a person does, consistent with their personal circumstances?

[Amethyst]

Re: DWP Welfare consultation - 21st Century

Through this consultation the Department for Work and Pensions seeks views to inform our thinking on reforms to the benefits and Tax Credits system, including the idea of a single integrated Universal Credit.

• Comment and respond to 21st Century Welfare online Comment online

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Related documents

• Easing the transition into work (Part 2: client survey) (1.76MB) Woodland S, Mandy W and Miller M, 2003, Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No 186.
• Fraud and Error in the Benefit System: October 2008 to September 2009 (352KB) Department for Work and Pensions.
• Parent’s work entry, progression and retention and child poverty (1.54MB) Browne J and Paull G, 2010, Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 626.
• Lone Parent Obligations: early findings of implementation as well as experiences of the Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance regimes (755KB) Gloster, R et al, 2010, Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 645
• Spending priorities in the benefits system: Deliberative research with the public (1.07MB) Hall, S, 2009, Department for Work and Pensions research report 559.
• Benefit Simplification and the Customer (746KB) Royston, S, 2007, Department for Work and Pensions paper.
• Customer Insight findings report – Single working age benefit (59KB) Department for Work and Pensions Customer Insight, July 2010.
• Customer Insight findings report – Well enough to work (70KB) Department for Work and Pensions Customer Insight, July 2010.

How to respond to this consultation

Start date: 30 July 2010
Closing date: 1 October 2010
Please ensure your response reaches us by that date.
We have listed the main questions we would like you to respond to at the end of the introduction of the consultation document. You are, however, free to respond to any part of the consultation document.

• Comment and respond to 21st Century Welfare online Comment online

Or you can respond by post and email as follows:
Benefit Reform Division
Department for Work and Pensions
1st Floor
Caxton House
6-12 Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA


Email: benefit.reform@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

[pompeyfaith]

Re: DWP Welfare consultation - 21st Century

Amethyst,

Thanks to this, it is something I will respond to directly to RH Ian Duncan-Smith. I have read many scare stories about disability benefits some of which may be true some not.

I am one of those that will shortly be migrated over to ESA from IB and having already had dealings with Atos Healthcare that does scare me.

My medical for DLA was nothing more than a shame.

My stroke was nearly 20 yrs ago now, but as you maybe aware it does leave you with disability mentally and physically, but I am in a position where I can do part-time hours but there are many barriers in the way to that.

Merely taking ill and disabled folk of disability benefits and putting onto jsa or esa where many no doubt will not fall into the support group is not good enough.

I have had very bad experiences at interviews where one employer refused to interview me because i only had one working hand.

Another said i should be claiming benefits and not wasting my time can you see what i am getting at more employer training needs to be done as they need educating too

He has a good idea but more needs to be done in that he needs to go deeper into the reasons why many ill and disabled do not work because like me we are not all scroungers and would love a job if we where given more of of chance.

PF