Durham House (Washington)

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Home to a principal office of the UK Government Department for Works and Pensions. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a Cabinet position. The total annual budget of the DWP in 2011-12 is £151.6 billion, representing approximately 28% of total UK Government spending. The DWP spends a far greater share of national wealth than any other department in Britain, by a wide margin.

Durham House is home to a number of important branches and agencies within the Department but most importantly that of the Government's offices for Corporate Information Technology, Government Computer Information Office and Government Human Resource Operations. It is the location for the principal Computer Data Storage Centre for HMGs staff personnel and employment records which is provided and maintained by EDS (Electronic Data Systems)which also provides data storage and recovery for the UK Ministry of Defence.

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