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Type All work · 137 Has published report · 78 Has conclusions or recs · 28 Findings, no response link · 3 Evidence or correspondence only · 53 Open, no report yet · 0
Status All (82) Open (4) Closed (78)
Session 2024-26 · 4 2023-24 · 4 2022-23 · 8 2021-22 · 7 2019-21 · 5 2019-19 · 3 2017-19 · 17 2016-17 · 11 2015-16 · 9 2014-15 · 4 2013-14 · 3 2010-12 · 4
Inquiry Type Status Opened Reports Items Response
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work Inquiry Report findings Closed 23 Apr 2025 2 23 Response document linked
Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres Inquiry Report findings Closed 23 Jan 2025 4 41 Response document linked
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations Inquiry Report findings Closed 22 Nov 2024 2 43 Response document linked
Statutory Sick Pay Inquiry Report findings Closed 9 Nov 2023 2 10 Response document linked
Safeguarding vulnerable claimants Inquiry Report findings Closed 21 Jul 2023 2 40 Response document linked
Cost of living support payments Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Apr 2023 2 15 Response document linked
Benefit levels in the UK Inquiry Report findings Closed 30 Mar 2023 3 19 Response document linked
Defined benefit pension schemes Inquiry Report findings Closed 16 Mar 2023 2 23 Response document linked
Defined benefit pensions with Liability Driven Investments Inquiry Report findings Closed 24 Oct 2022 2 17 Response document linked
Plan for Jobs and employment support Inquiry Report findings Closed 11 Jul 2022 2 38 Response document linked
Appointment of the Pensions Ombudsman Pre-appointment hearing Report findings Closed 20 Jun 2022 1 2 No response document linked
Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service Inquiry Report findings Closed 18 May 2022 2 31 Response document linked
The cost of living Inquiry Report findings Closed 13 Jan 2022 2 11 Response document linked
Protecting pension savers – five years on from the pension freedoms: Saving for later life Inquiry Report findings Closed 15 Dec 2021 2 22 Response document linked
Universal Credit and childcare costs Inquiry Report findings Closed 25 Nov 2021 2 14 Response document linked
Health assessments for benefits Inquiry Report findings Closed 27 Sep 2021 2 29 Response document linked
Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds Inquiry Report findings Closed 28 Jul 2021 2 22 Response document linked
Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management Inquiry Report findings Closed 9 Jul 2021 2 27 Response document linked
Pension stewardship and COP26 Inquiry Report findings Closed 29 Apr 2021 2 20 Response document linked
Appointment of the Chair of the Pensions Regulator Pre-appointment hearing Report findings Closed 9 Apr 2021 1 5 No response document linked
Protecting pension savers – five years on from the Pension Freedoms: Accessing pension savings Inquiry Report findings Closed 23 Feb 2021 2 33 Response document linked
Children in poverty: Measurement and targets Inquiry Report findings Closed 12 Jan 2021 2 37 Response document linked
Disability employment gap Inquiry Report findings Closed 3 Nov 2020 2 38 Response document linked
Appointment of the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee Pre-appointment hearing Report findings Closed 24 Aug 2020 1 3 No response document linked
Protecting pension savers – five years on from the pension freedoms: Pension scams Inquiry Report findings Closed 28 Jul 2020 2 37 Response document linked
DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work Inquiry Report findings Closed 14 May 2020 2 25 Response document linked
Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment Inquiry Report findings Closed 9 Mar 2020 2 55 Response document linked
DWP's response to the coronavirus outbreak Inquiry Report findings Closed 5 Mar 2020 3 68 Response document linked
Welfare policy in Northern Ireland inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 9 Apr 2019 3 0 None
Universal Credit and Survival Sex: sex in exchange for meeting survival needs inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 4 Mar 2019 1 0 None
Support for the bereaved Inquiry Report Closed 4 Mar 2019 1 0 None
Two-child benefit limit inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 12 Dec 2018 2 0 None
Overpayments of Carer's Allowance Inquiry Report Closed 21 Nov 2018 2 0 None
Welfare safety net inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 4 Sep 2018 2 0 None
Pension costs and transparency inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 26 Jul 2018 2 0 None
Benefit cap inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 26 Jul 2018 2 0 None
The future of the European Social Fund inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 21 Feb 2018 2 0 None
Carillion joint inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 23 Jan 2018 1 0 None
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 11 Jan 2018 1 0 None
Pre-appointment scrutiny of the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee Inquiry Report Closed 4 Jan 2018 1 0 None
Assistive technology inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 11 Dec 2017 2 0 None
Collective defined contribution pension schemes inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 1 Nov 2017 1 0 None
Support for carers inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 1 Nov 2017 2 0 None
Universal Credit inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Sep 2017 7 0 None
Pension freedom and choice inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Sep 2017 3 0 None
PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 13 Sep 2017 2 0 None
Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 12 Sep 2017 2 0 None
Self-employment and the gig economy inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 25 Nov 2016 2 0 None
Victims of modern slavery inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 26 Oct 2016 2 0 None
Citizen's income inquiry Inquiry Report Closed 24 Oct 2016 1 0 None

Reports without a committee inquiry 40

Parliament published these reports with no official committee inquiry attached, so they do not appear in the inquiry list.