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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.
Information about Pension Credit and the closure of Tax Credits for people over State Pension age.
Detailed guidance about what Pension Credit is, how it's worked out, the eligibility rules and the application process.
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.
Find out how to contact or make a payment to the National Recoupment Team.
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.
What to do if you disagree with the amount of compensation recovered under the compensation recovery scheme after the claim is settled.
Resources for healthcare professionals to promote the special rules for end of life.
Policies and statements for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits statistical summaries.
This staff guidance explains the social security coordination arrangements between the UK and the EU under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
Information and guidance on how to apply for Clothing Allowance.
This document provides information on the 2 child payment limit for claimants of Income Support with dependants allowance.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Background information and guidance on the benefit expenditure and caseload tables.
How DWP manages the publication of fraud and error in the benefit system estimates.
Information about benefit cap statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of statistics covered.
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 report assesses the quality of the fraud and error in the benefit system 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.
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.
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