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Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
A list of Housing Benefit circulars and the guidance manual chapters they relate to.
This staff guidance explains the social security coordination arrangements between the UK and the EU under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
How tax credits debt is affected by the move to Universal Credit and what claimants may need to do.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Democratic Republic of Congo. Includes advice on health, education, benefits and residence requirements.
Information about War Widows or Widowers Pension Supplementary Allowances.
These easy read guides explain what Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) is and how you can apply for it.
Information about sanctions statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining what happens to their benefit when earnings increase.
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
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 factsheet explains how we adjust child maintenance payments when children live with different parents ('split care').
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.
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
Guidance on how government policy makers should apply the ‘family test’.
Information about Winter Fuel Payment statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations.
How to ask for an assessment to be recorded using the service provided or your own recording equipment – and the conditions that apply.
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