Department for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Department overview
Formed 2001
Preceding Department Department for Education and Skills
Department of Social Security
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
Headquarters London
Minister responsible Ian Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Department executive Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary
Child agencies Jobcentre Plus
The Pension, Disability and Carers Service
Website
www.dwp.gov.uk
United Kingdom
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a Cabinet position.

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[edit] Role

The Department sees its role as to:

[edit] Ministerial team

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The Permanent Secretary is Sir Leigh Lewis KCB. In November 2005, he replaced Sir Richard Mottram, who moved to the Cabinet Office. Mottram had moved in 2002 from the same post at the Department for Transport to succeed Rachel Lomax, who had followed the opposite route and who then moved to the Bank of England as deputy governor in 2003.

[edit] Services

The Department for Work and Pensions has two operational organisations:

The department has responsibility for the Health and Safety Executive, Employment Medical Advisory Service and the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

[edit] Location and staffing

DWP buildings at Quarry Hill, Leeds (known locally as 'The Pink Palace' and 'The Kremlin')

DWP has corporate buildings in London, Leeds, Blackpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield. The two agencies, Jobcentre Plus and the Pension, Disability and Carers Service, operate through a network of around 1000 Jobcentres, Contact Centres and Benefit Processing centres across the UK.

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