22 January 2008
Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has
announced that from 1 April 2008, the Pension Service and the
Disability and Carers Service are to be brought together into a
single agency - the Pension, Disability and Carers Service.
The two existing Agencies increasingly share many of the same
customers - over half of the customers of the Disability and Carers
Service are also customers of The Pension Service and the
proportion is growing as people live longer. Over time the new
Agency will enable a better and more seamless service to be
delivered to them.
Announcing the change, Peter Hain said:
"This is a big step forward for our Department and its
customers. The new Agency will help us to give many more of them
the services and support they need through one organisation in a
joined up way."
