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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part D
Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments.
This guide provides ideas and good practice for all local authorities (LAs) on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.
Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
DWP provider guidance for the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) programme.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit providing advice on managing money, dealing with debts and help with paying rent.
Code of practice on getting information from listed organisations about their customers, to help deal with fraud against the benefit system.
Loss of Benefit: DWP notification FPA7 and sample claimant letter.
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
This page provides local authorities with information and guidance about all aspects of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme.
Information for personal injury claims managers about the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme and the recovery of lump sum payments.
A list of the benefit and pension rates from April 2013.
Information about the methods and quality assurance steps used to produce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistical release.
How you can help young people claim benefits.
Changes to the Work Capability Assessment reassessment criteria from 29 September 2017.
This report assesses the quality of the fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.
A list of Housing Benefit circulars and the guidance manual chapters they relate to.
A suggested letter for local authorities to send to claimants affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Information about the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.
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