Structure
The Department for Work and Pensions has four operational organisations:
- Jobcentre Plus administers working age benefits such as Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance;
- The Pension Service which pays the Basic State Pension and Pension Credit and provides information on related issues.
- The Disability and Carers Service which provides financial support to disabled people and their carers.
- The Child Maintenance Group which provides the statutory Child Support Scheme, operating as the Child Support Agency.
Until October 2011 Jobcentre Plus and The Pension, Disability and Carers Service were executive agencies of the department. Until July 2012 the Child Support Agency was the operating arm of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). They are now operated wholly from within the department, with the names continuing as brand identifiers.
The department's public bodies include:
- the Health and Safety Executive
- the Pensions Ombudsman
- the Pensions Regulator
DWP has corporate buildings in London, Leeds, Blackpool, Newcastle upon Tyne, Warrington and Sheffield. The two agencies, Jobcentre Plus and the Pension, Disability and Carers Service, operate through a network of around 1,000 Jobcentres, contact centres and benefit processing centres across the UK.
After the departure of John Suffolk as Government Chief Information Officer (CIO) in November 2010, the current CIO of the Department for Work and Pensions, Joe Harley, was picked to replace him.
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