Design your service using DWP components and patterns
Use this design system to make your service consistent with DWP services. Learn from the research and experience of other service teams and avoid repeating work that’s already been done.
Components
Components are reusable parts of the user interface that have been made to support a variety of applications.
Side navigation
The side navigation is a list of navigation links on the left-hand side of a page.
Internal service footer
The internal service footer is a simplified standard footer for services used by DWP staff or agents.
Hint text
Hint text gives extra information that helps people to answer a question.
Patterns
Patterns are best practice design solutions for specific user-focused tasks and page types.
Choose alternative contact formats
A consistent way for people to request accessible alternative formats for letters and phone calls.
Find an address
A postcode lookup pattern that helps users to find and enter an address.
Contribute
The DWP Design System is maintained by the DWP Design System team. Anyone can contribute to it by proposing new components or patterns and sharing their research and findings.
How to propose a component or pattern
Contribute ideas and get involved with the DWP Design System.
Community backlog
See what people are currently working on in the community backlog.
GitHub Discussions
We're using GitHub Discussions to help the community talk to us about our components and patterns.
Get in touch
If you’ve got a question, idea or suggestion email the Design System team on dwp-design-system@engineering.digital.dwp.gov.uk