Guidance

Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2015

Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 12 January 2015
• Last updated: 12 January 2016
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  1. 12 January 2016

     Replaced A13/2015 with revised version. Amended date in paragraph 7 and clarified the overpayment recovery rates.

  2. 15 December 2015

     Added HB Circular A13/2015: Housing Benefit uprating for financial year 2016 to 17.

  3. 13 October 2015

     Added HB Circular A12/2015: Process to get claimant Personal Independence Payment information not available using the Customer Information System.

  4. 3 September 2015

     Added HB Circular A11/2015: Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme Incentive Payments: Clarity on the end of year adjustment (previously known as ’final year adjustment’).

  5. 13 August 2015

     Added HB circular A9/2015: Discretionary Housing Payment guidance 2015 with attached appendix and A10/2015: April uprating - clarification of effective dates for Housing Benefit.

  6. 29 July 2015

     Added HB circular A8/2015: European Economic Area right to reside – permanent residence status.

  7. 12 January 2015

     First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

A13/2015: Housing Benefit uprating for financial year 2016 to 17

Ref: A13/2015

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A12/2015: Process to get claimant PIP information not available using the Customer Information System

Ref: A12/2015

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A12/2015: Local authority notification for PIP form

Ref: A12/2015: Appendix 3

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A11/2015: Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme Incentive Payments, clarity on the end of year adjustment

Ref: A11/2015

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A10/2015: April uprating, clarification of effective dates for Housing Benefit

Ref: A10/2015

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A9/2015: Discretionary Housing Payment guidance 2015

Ref: A9/2015

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A9/2015: Discretionary Housing Payment awards form

Ref: A9/2015

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A8/2015: European Economic Area right to reside – permanent residence status

Ref: A8/2015

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A7/2015: Pension flexibilities, further guidance

Ref: A7/2015

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A6/2015: Discretionary Housing Payments returns for April 2014 to March 2015

Ref: A6/2015

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A5/2015: Housing Benefit operational information, performance support and inspection in 2015/16

Ref: A5/2015

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A4/2015: Defined contribution pension fund flexibility options from 6 April 2015

Ref: A4/2015

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A3/2015: Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme questions and answers

Ref: A3/2015

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A2/2015: War Pensions uprating Apr 2015 to Mar 2016

Ref: A2/2015

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A1/2015: Real Time Information bulk data matching initiative

Ref: A1/2015

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Details

Adjudication circulars provide advice, guidance and information on Housing Benefit to local authority staff. They update the Housing Benefit guidance manual.

The circulars make many references to Council Tax Benefit as this was administered by local authorities alongside Housing Benefit until March 2013. In April 2013 Council Tax Benefit was replaced by local authorities’ own council tax support and reduction schemes, removing DWP’s involvement.

Readers will need to consider references to Council Tax Benefit in these documents accordingly.

For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: housing.correspondenceandpqs@dwp.gov.uk.