We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
Guidance explaining help with the costs of childcare for parents.
Guidance for DWP decision makers – abbreviations used in the guide.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part D
Guidance for lenders on taking part in the scheme to pay Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) direct to qualifying lenders.
Welsh language detailed information for claimants can be found using the Cymraeg link.
This guidance provides support for local authorities with their decision-making for processing Housing Benefit claims from individuals living in supported housing.
It’s important you understand what you must do to get your benefit payment and what will happen if you don’t do this.
Find out what the MOD War Detectives get up to throughout their days
Information about War Widows or Widowers Pension Supplementary Allowances.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies
Good practice guidance from the Office of the Public Guardian and the Senior Courts Costs Office.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining what happens to their benefit when earnings increase.
This easy read guide explains what Maternity Allowance is and how you can apply for it.
A user guide to the Family Resources Survey data on Stat-Xplore.
A brief graphical explanation of how low income is measured when producing households below average income statistics.
This guidance explains how you will receive child maintenance if you have a Collect & Pay arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service.
Provides background information on the Access to Work programme and the statistics we publish on it.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).