Benefits Agency

The Benefits Agency (BA) was an executive agency of the British Department of Social Security (subsequently the Department for Work and Pensions), set up in 1991 to "create and deliver an active modern social security service, which encourages and enables independence and aims to pay the right money at the right time".^[1][2] The BA was merged with the Employment Service in April 2001 to form Jobcentre Plus.^[3]

Benefits Agency

Executive Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding Executive Agency	Department of Social Security
Dissolved	2001
Superseding Executive Agency	Jobcentre Plus
Jurisdiction	Great Britain
Parent department	Department of Social Security