Form

Budgeting Loan claim form

If you cannot use the online service to apply for a Budgeting Loan, you can do it by post using this application form.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 1 October 2013
• Last updated: 23 February 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Budgeting Loan claim form you can fill in on screen, print and sign with a pen

Ref: SF500 - interactive

PDF, 265 KB, 8 pages

Details

It is quicker to apply for a Budgeting Loan online.

Use this form if you cannot apply online.

Check you’re eligible before you apply. You cannot get a Budgeting Loan if you get Universal Credit. You can apply for a Budgeting Advance instead.

Where to send the form

Post your completed claim form to us using the Freepost address for your area.

Do not use a postcode or a stamp.

London, the South and South East, North East and North West England

Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS

West Midlands, South West England and Scotland

Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 1

East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, East Anglia and Essex

Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 2

Wales

Cwmbran, Newport and postcodes CF3, 5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 23, 24, 31 to 48, 61 to 64, 71, 72, 81 to 83, LD7, LL and SY

Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 1

Postcodes CF4, 6 to 9, 12, 13, 16 to 22, 25 to 30, 49 to 60, 65 to 70, 73 to 80, LD1 to LD6, LD8 and SA

Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 2

If you cannot print the claim form

You can either:

• apply online
• phone the Social Fund and ask for a form to be posted to you

Published 1 October 2013
Last updated 23 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 23 February 2023

   Updated 'Budgeting Loan claim form you can fill in on screen, print and sign with a pen' attachment.

2. 12 May 2020

   Updated page to make it clear this is how to apply for a Budgeting Loan by post.

3. 9 January 2020

   Uploaded new Welsh SF500 forms.

4. 17 October 2019

   Published October 2019 versions of the English interactive and English print claim forms.

5. 19 July 2019

   Updated the June 2019 versions of the English forms.

6. 16 July 2019

   Replaced the Welsh forms with June 2019 versions.

7. 5 July 2019

   Published June versions of the English interactive, English print and Welsh print claim forms.

8. 19 June 2019

   Published Welsh versions of the April 2019 edition of the form.

9. 17 May 2019

   Updated the English Budgeting Loan claim forms with the April 2019 versions.

10. 18 July 2018

    Added revised versions of the interactive forms (English and Welsh) which should be filled in on screen, printed and signed with a pen. Also added a link to apply online for a Budgeting Loan, and information about alternative ways to request a form and submit completed forms.

11. 9 July 2018

    Added interactive Budgeting Loan claims forms (SF500) in English and Welsh.

12. 7 September 2016

    Updated addresses for where to send Budgeting Loan claim forms.

13. 4 January 2016

    Published December 2015 versions of the form with changes to some questions and question order.

14. 1 October 2013

    First published.