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National and Official statistics on the main benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
Child maintenance covers how your child’s living costs will be paid when…
Your child needs to be under 16 - or under 20 if they are in full-time…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
If you use the Child Maintenance Service, they will work out your child…
Sign in to your Child Maintenance Service account to: report a change in…
If you or the other parent in your child maintenance case denies that…
There are some changes you must tell the Child Maintenance Service about…
Sign in to your online account If you already have a Child Maintenance…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of…
Template and guidance notes for the general fund revenue account budget (RA).
Forms and guidance notes for the general fund revenue account outturn (RO).
Use this service to pay any money you owe DVLA for not taxing your vehicle or declaring a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)
If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
Employment Tribunal decision.
More than £3.4 billion was saved by the government in 2020/21 by improving operating efficiency and effectiveness to maximise value for taxpayers.
The home of HM Revenue & Customs on GOV.UK. We are the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals …
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change of circumstance to an existing Housing Benefit claim.
Set up, change or cancel your car tax Direct Debit, swap to another payment method, and what to do if you miss a Direct Debit payment
Tax credit overpayments - repaying tax credits, repayment methods, what to do if you cannot repay
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.
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