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Information about changes to DWP statistical geographies in Official statistics releases.
Information about the Move to Universal Credit official experimental statistics.
An explanation of the process for reassessing incapacity benefits to help advisers and intermediaries support claimants.
A guide about who qualifies for Income Support, who you can claim for, how to claim and how payments are made.
Guidance for ILF users about employing a personal assistant.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
A user guide to the Households below average income statistics on Stat-Xplore.
This guidance helps to explain why Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) covers some diseases (prescribed diseases) and not others.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Background information on Housing Benefit debt recoveries data.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
Urgent information for all local authority Housing Benefit staff.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
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