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A detailed guide to the assessment carried out to determine the capability for work or work related activity of ESA claimants (ESA214).
This information is for local authority staff who process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.
Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.
A series of example letters sent to DLA claimants to invite them to start a claim for Personal Independence Payment.
This guidance is for local authorities in Wales who are responsible for administering Discretionary Housing Payments.
Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
Information for Compensation Recovery Unit customers including compensators and their representatives and personal injury claims managers.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part B
A DWP staff guide about how overpayments of benefits are recovered.
This guidance is for providers of all DWP employment-related programmes. It is also known as the framework generic provider guidance.
Guidance for DWP staff who suspend or terminate payment of benefit or defer a decision on a benefit claim.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
How to ask for an assessment to be recorded using the service provided or your own recording equipment – and the conditions that apply.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part C
Use this material to encourage people to claim Carer's Allowance online.
Best practice to help local authorities minimise or avoid qualified audits of Housing Benefit subsidy claims.
How DWP manages the publication of fraud and error in the benefit system estimates.
Information about the main differences between Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
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