From cradle to grave
PCS has members in nearly 500 different workplaces. Most of your jobs are done away from the spotlight. You matter to people in countless ways throughout their lives, including being at the very heart of our welfare state.
Here is just a small sample of the areas in which our members take care of the public, from cradle to grave:
Cradle
DWP benefits
Child Benefit, Child Tax Credits, statutory maternity pay, Sure Start maternity grant, and adoption pay/leave
Children’s Commissioners offices across UK
Royal Parks: playground attendants and cleaners
Department for Education and other bodies (eg Education Scotland, Office for Students, Ofqual, Ofsted, Student Loans Company)
DWP benefits: Disability Living Allowance for under 16s
Adulthood
DVSA: including driving examiners
HMRC: collecting taxes to pay for public services
HM Land Registry: helping with house-buying
Valuation Office Agency: calculating council tax and rates
Culture sector
Museums, galleries, historic locations, national libraries, UK sports bodies, national tourism services
Travel in the UK and abroad
Passport Offices, Border Force, air traffic services, Civil Aviation Authority, airports staff, Department for Transport, DVLA, DVSA, Transport for London, Transport Scotland.
DWP benefits
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payments, Carer’s Allowance
Independent Living Fund Scotland
DWP jobcentres
Retirement
State Pension
Pensions Ombudsman and Pensions Regulator
DWP benefits: Attendance Allowance
Department for Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
War Pensions Scheme
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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