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A Budgeting Loan is to help pay for essential things or services. These easy read guides explain how they work, who can apply and how to apply.
How to apply for a special payment if you claimed Income Support because of a disability or health condition instead of Employment and Support Allowance.
How defined contribution pension freedoms could affect your entitlement to social security benefits.
What to do if you disagree with the amount of compensation recovered under the compensation recovery scheme after the claim is settled.
A Sure Start Maternity Grant can help with the costs of having a child. These easy read guides explain how it works, who can apply and how to apply.
A detailed guide to the assessment carried out to determine the capability for work or work related activity of ESA claimants (ESA214).
Find out how to contact or make a payment to the National Recoupment Team.
Resources for healthcare professionals to promote the special rules for end of life.
This document provides information on the 2 child payment limit for claimants of Income Support with dependants allowance.
British and Irish citizens and people with valid immigration status escaping the violence in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon can claim benefits from the day they arrive in the UK.
How to notify DWP to stop or restart deductions from benefits for fuel, water or rent arrears when a debtor starts or ends a ‘Breathing Space’.
This staff guidance explains the social security coordination arrangements between the UK and the EU under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
Policies and statements for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits statistical summaries.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Information and guidance on how to apply for Clothing Allowance.
This guide is for people who have been authorised, nominated or commissioned to make or review Budgeting Loan decisions.
Statistical notice about a change to the next release of income-related benefits: estimates of take-up official statistics.
Statistical notice about changes to the way DWP will publish statistics about benefit underpayments and how it will classify cases which fail to provide evidence.
This document explains the methodology for the benefit sanction duration statistics and sanction rate.
How DWP manages the publication of fraud and error in the benefit system estimates.
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