Guidance

Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2021

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

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
28 January 2021
Last updated
31 January 2022 — See all updates

Documents

A11/2021: Housing Benefit uprating for the financial year ending March 2023

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A10/2021: Claimants without a status under the European Union Settlement Scheme at the end of the Grace Period

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A9/2021: The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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A8/2021: The Domestic Abuse Support (Relevant Accommodation and Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Sanctuary Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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A7/2021: The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Care Leavers and Homeless) Amendment Regulations 2021

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A6/2021: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative for the financial year ending March 2022

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A5/2021: Pre-settled status – effect of the Court of Appeal decision in the Fratila case

Ref: A5/2021

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A4/2021: The Universal Credit (Persons who have attained state pension credit qualifying age) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Ref: A4/2021

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A3/2021: Housing Benefit (person who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (Revised)

Ref: A3/2021

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A2/2021:War Pensions uprating 2021-22

Ref: A2/2021

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A1/2021: Housing Benefit uprating: 2021-22 (2nd revision)

Ref: A1/2021

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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

Published 28 January 2021
Last updated 31 January 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added information on polygamous marriages in annex A: Housing Benefit rates for people who have not reached the qualifying age for State Pension Credit.

  2. Added A11/2021: Housing Benefit uprating for the financial year ending March 2023.

  3. Added 'A10/2021: Claimants without a status under the European Union Settlement Scheme at the end of the Grace Period'.

  4. Added 'A9/2021: The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021'.

  5. Added 'A8/2021: The Domestic Abuse Support (Relevant Accommodation and Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Sanctuary Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2021'.

  6. Added HB A7/2021: The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Care Leavers and Homeless) Amendment Regulations 2021.

  7. Added A6/2021: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative for the financial year ending March 2022.

  8. Added A5/2021.

  9. Added 'A4/2021: The Universal Credit (Persons who have attained state pension credit qualifying age) (Amendment) Regulations 2020'.

  10. Updated circular A1/2021: Housing Benefit uprating: 2021-22 with the increased rates for Universal Credit standard allowances announced in the Spring Budget 2021 that will continue until September 2021.

  11. Revised circular A3/2021 'The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021'. The revision has changes to paragraph 8, to clarify the application of regulation 13ZA when a claimant dies and the younger partner continues to live in the property they shared with the claimant.

  12. Added 'A3/2021: Housing Benefit (person who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021'.

  13. Added circular A2/2021 War Pensions uprating 2021 to 2022.

  14. First published.

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