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Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Contact information for Carer's Allowance Unit, telephone number and address
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Claiming your State Pension later - extra State Pension, backdated arrears and lump sum payments.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
If you think a decision is wrong, you can use this form to ask DWP to look at it again. This is called 'mandatory reconsideration'.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Find out what happens if your Universal Credit claim is reviewed.
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
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