Work and Pensions Division

Work and Pensions Division has lead responsibility for:

• Monitoring expenditure and providing policy advice through its Votes and Pensions Policy units with responsibility for the following Votes: Social Protection; Education and Youth; Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
• Pension policy development and the Department’s contribution to the labour market and skills policy agenda, together with the promotion of evidence-based policy and services across the Public Service through the Better Public Services transformation strategy.
• The development and implementation of Public Service pension’s policy through the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, Actuarial Service and Pensions Policy units.

Deputy Secretary: Colin Menton