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This page provides local authorities with information and guidance about all aspects of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part D
This guide provides ideas and good practice for all local authorities (LAs) on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.
A list of Housing Benefit circulars and the guidance manual chapters they relate to.
Use this material to encourage people to claim Carer's Allowance online.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments.
An explanation of the process for reassessing incapacity benefits to help advisers and intermediaries support claimants.
Information about the methods and quality assurance steps used to produce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistical release.
Policies and statements related to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): outcomes of Work Capability Assessment statistics.
Guidance for DWP decision makers – abbreviations used in the guide.
How you can help young people claim benefits.
A suggested letter for local authorities to send to claimants affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining what happens to their benefit when earnings increase.
How we're identifying benefit fraud and the penalties people could face for deliberately withholding information for their benefit claim.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
This document contains guidance for local authorities on processing claims for Housing Benefit.
New Loss of Benefit changes for claimant fraud - offences occurring wholly on or after 1 April 2013
Good practice to help local authorities minimise or avoid qualified audits of Housing Benefit subsidy claims.
A list of the benefit and pension rates from April 2013.
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