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Report someone committing benefit fraud - you can report anonymously.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment.
Estimate the Child Benefit you've received and your High Income Child Benefit tax charge
Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
Use the Attendance Allowance claim form to apply for financial help for your personal care if you're disabled and State Pension age or older.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults - DLA rates, eligibility, changes because of Personal Independence Payment.
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
NHS Business Services Authority contact number for ordering prepaid prescriptions for 3 or 12 months at a cheaper rate than single prescriptions
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Contact information for queries about claims that have been made for Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Check what help you could get with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare, Free Childcare for Working Parents and free education and childcare for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
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