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Changes to the Work Capability Assessment reassessment criteria from 29 September 2017.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit scheme.
Information on the quarterly surveys and the annual longitudinal survey of child maintenance outcomes for parents that have spoken to Child Maintenance (CM) Options.
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Background information on Housing Benefit entitlement reductions statistics including what they cover and how they're measured.
Working hours and safety at sea for fisheries observers.
Statistical notice about changes to the fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2019 to 2020 estimates publication.
This document is a privacy notice for the national impact study on the Troubled Families programme.
Notice about a revision to the people on Universal Credit figures, and the restoration of data on the durations of time spent by individuals on Universal Credit.
Information about sanctions statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
Statistical notice about changes to the fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2021 to 2022 estimates publication.
This note provides background information on the Specialist Employability Support statistics.
Progress measures demonstrate that providers are aware of the specific problems, issues and barriers faced by families in their Contract Package Area (CPA).
The Chancellor presented his Budget 2020 on 11 March with coronavirus (COVID-19) taking centre stage. This bulletin focuses on certain reforms which are relevant to GAD's advice.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
DWP's policy on benefit fraud and the penalties we will impose.
This statistical notice advises users of a methodology review and revisions to the New Enterprise Allowance Official Statistics.
Information about the publication of Child Support Agency statistics.
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