DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. It administers the State Pension and working-age, disability and ill-health benefits. Its public-facing services include Jobcentre Plus, the Pension Service and the Child Maintenance Service. These functions place the department at the centre of income support, retirement provision and employment services across Great Britain.

DWP records also support electoral registration. Applicants' identity details are matched against the department's data before an electoral registration officer decides whether to accept an application. DWP supplies the match result; it does not decide who joins The Register. When an automatic match fails, the officer can check local records or ask the applicant for documentary evidence. This makes DWP an identity-data provider within the registration process rather than the electoral authority.