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An annual publication covering statistics on benefit rates, their annual uprating, and indices of prices and earnings in Great Britain.
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments
Report someone committing benefit fraud - you can report anonymously.
Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits by caseload and expenditure in Great Britain.
Guidance and forms for claiming Child Benefit. Including how to claim, Guardians Allowance, payment dates, repaying overpayments, reporting changes, and complaints.
Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain.
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
If you're terminally ill and might not live longer than 12 months, you may be able to get some benefits at a higher rate.
Statistics on households affected by the benefit cap.
High Income Child Benefit Charge - check if you're affected, how and when to pay this tax charge, opt out and restart Child Benefit payments.
Benefit overpayments - how they happen, your responsibilities, making repayments to DWP Debt Management, appeal an overpayment decision, Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
You have the right to get a copy of the information that is held about you. This is called the 'right of access'.
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Incapacity Benefit is help if you could not work because of an illness or disability before 31 January 2011 - it's being replaced with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Use the online service to tell the Child Benefit Office about changes to your child's circumstances.
Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit
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