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What are the underlying causes and trends in the number of claimants with complex claims and/or multiple needs, who require more intensive support? How do we design our services to identify vulnerable groups and those with multiple problems early, and address their needs effectively, in partnership with other organisations?

Background

We want to better understand what our wide range of different claimants need and expect, and how and why this is changing, for example, in light of the continued rapid development and use of technology, artificial intelligence and digitalisation.

We want to learn how we can improve how to measure and manage operational performance and productivity across the different parts of the business and identify and exploit opportunities to make delivery more effective, efficient and economical to reduce costs and ensure value for money for the taxpayer. We also want to better understand how to minimise the opportunity for fraud and error to enter our systems, and how to improve the speed and accuracy with which we detect it if or when it does.

Next steps

Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DWP Areas of Research Interest 2019 GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects


  • An ADRC-NI project linking Social Security Benefits and Census data to understand the health and social needs of disability benefits claimants

    Northern Ireland (NI) is one of the most disadvantaged parts of the UK, with high levels of disability and joblessness, but it is the most dependent on state benefits. In 2014 one-in-ten of the working-age population was...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to generate health and social-related information on disability claimants and non-disability claimants, which would help in understanding the underlying causes and trends in the number of claimants with complex claims and/or multiple needs and designing services to address their needs effectively.