Guidance

Housing Benefit documents - publications archive

Published 7 May 2013

Documents in the publications archive are at least 2 years old. They do not necessarily reflect current DWP policies or procedures.

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A
Title	Year	Reference number
Action plan for tackling fraud and error in Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit	2007	75796
Additional rules for data take on and processing schedule (DTOPS)	2004	75808
Analysis of the frequency of reviews pilot	2007	75790
An analytical guide for reporting Housing Benefits administration performance data	2006	75791
Annual compliance certificate HB/CTB verification framework 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006	2006	75850

B
Title	Year	Reference number
Building choice and responsibility: a radical agenda for Housing Benefit	2002	75800

C
Title	Year	Reference number
Claiming Housing Benefit in the private rented sector: the baseline experience of claimants in the 9 LHA Pathfinder areas	2005	76630
Common queries around claiming WIB-related additional subsidy: November 2005	2005	75818
Common queries around claiming WIB-related additional subsidy: version 3	2005	75817
Compliance certificate for 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 HB/CTB verification framework	2005	75786
Customers: how we can get them to report changes in circs (on time)	2006	75786
Cutting back fraud means more money for frontline services, says Chris Pond MP	2004	75829

D
Title	Year	Reference number
Delivering the LHA: a summary of the early experiences of implementing the LHA in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2005	76626
Delivering the Local Housing Allowance: some pointers from the pathfinders	2007	76566
Derwentside dispatches	2006	75789
Detecting fraud and error getting the balance right	2006	75784
Documents from the conference on housing benefit reform	2002	75718
DWP framework and model HB/CTB processing systems : requirement specifications	2002	75787

E
Title	Year	Reference number
Error awareness update March 2008	2008	75792

F
Title	Year	Reference number
Fifteen months on: an interim evaluation of running the LHA in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2006	76619
Fraud and error in Housing Benefit April 2002 to March 2004	2005	75803
Fraud and error in Housing Benefit April 2002 to September 2003	2004	75802
Frequently asked questions: New Verification Framework: version 1	2003	75811
Frequently asked questions: New Verification Framework: version 2	2004	75809
Frequently asked questions: New Verification Framework: version 4	2004	75814
Frequently asked questions: New Verification Framework: version 5	2004	75813
Frequently asked questions: New Verification Framework: version 6	2005	75812
Frequently asked questions: SAFE: version 1	2004	75815
Frequently asked questions: SAFE: version 2	2004	75816

|# H | |# Title | Year | Reference number | |——– | ——- | ———————-: |

HB/CTB Performance standards 2005	2007	75782
HB/CTB subsidy guidance manual	2001 to 2002	75835
HB/CTB subsidy guidance manual 2002 to 2003	2003	75833
HB/CTB subsidy guidance manual 2000 to 2001	2001	75837
The housing and labour market impacts of the Local Housing Allowance	2007	76604
Housing Benefit Local Housing Allowance guidance manual	2007	76482
Housing Benefit operational database user guide	2006	75798
Housing Benefit security roadshow overview	2006	75785

L
Title	Year	Reference number
LA feedback	2007	75823
Landlords and agents in the private rented sector: the baseline experience in the LHA Pathfinders	2005	76628
Living with the LHA: claimants experiences after fifteen months of the LHA in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2006	76618
Local Housing Allowance background report	2003	76388
Local Housing Allowance communications toolkit	2008	76480
Local Housing Allowance evaluation	2007	76487
Local Housing Allowance evaluation: evaluating the Local Housing Allowance Pathfinders	2004	76637
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: appendix – master topic guides	2007	76599
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Blackpool	2007	76570
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Brighton and Hove	2007	76572
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Conwy	2007	76573
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Coventry	2007	76575
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Edinburgh	2007	76576
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Leeds	2007	76578
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Lewisham	2007	76579
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in North East Lincolnshire	2007	76581
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in Teignbridge	2007	76582
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: implementation and delivery in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2006	76617
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: the qualitative evidence of claimants’ experience in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2007	76608
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: the qualitative evidence of landlords’ and agents’ experience in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2006	76610
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: the survey evidence of claimants’ experience in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2007	76584
Local Housing Allowance final evaluation: the survey evidence of landlords and agents experience in the 9 pathfinder areas	2006	76616
Local Housing Allowance questions and answers: landlord audience	2008	76493
Local Housing Allowance: a better deal for tenants	2007	76505
Local Housing Allowance: frequently asked questions from landlords	2003	76500
Local Housing Allowance: helping you rent the home you need	2003	76665
Local Housing Allowance: how Housing Benefit just got better	2003	76663
Local Housing Allowance: how to work out what you may get	2007	76501
Local Housing Allowance: how will I be paid?	2003	76667
Local Housing Allowance: information for landlords	2007	76504
Local Housing Allowance: local authority questions and answers	2007	75906
Local Housing Allowance: reviews and appeals	2007	76507
Local Housing Allowance: rights and responsibilities	2007	76506
Local Housing Allowance: vulnerable tenants	2007	76503

M
Title	Year	Reference number
Malcolm Wicks’ speech to IRRV Benefit Fraud Symposium	2002	75830

N
Title	Year	Reference number
The 9 LHA Pathfinder areas: a summary of the baseline position before the introduction of the LHA	2004	76633

P
Title	Year	Reference number
Pilot local authorities	2005	76387
PM10 Measure for 2007 to 20008	2007	75838

R
Title	Year	Reference number
Receiving the LHA: claimants’ early experiences of the LHA in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2005	76623
Replacement of benefit periods	2003	75838
Review of verification framework (VF) and security against fraud and error (SAFE) schemes	2003	75825
The RSL VF pilot: an evaluation registered social landlord involvement in the Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit verification framework	2002	75797
RSL VF scheme operation and good practice manual	2003	75821
Rules update for the data take on and processing schedule (DTOPS) 26	2004	75807

S
Title	Year	Reference number
Security performance measures	2007	75777
Standard local housing allowances – explanatory memorandum and commentary on draft regulations	2003	75827
Strategic management part 2	2004	75783

T
Title	Year	Reference number
Targeted mailshots update November 2007	2007	75742

V
Title	Year	Reference number
Verification of capital under £6,000 pilot	2007	75819
Voice risk analysis (VRA)	2007	75801

W
Title	Year	Reference number
Working with the LHA: landlord and agents’ early experiences of the LHA in the 9 Pathfinder areas	2005	76620