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Information about the methods and quality assurance steps used to produce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistical release.
Code of practice on getting information from listed organisations about their customers, to help deal with fraud against the benefit system.
Loss of Benefit: DWP notification FPA7 and sample claimant letter.
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
A suggested letter for local authorities to send to claimants affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Information for personal injury claims managers about the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme and the recovery of lump sum payments.
Access to Work provider memos.
A list of the benefit and pension rates from April 2013.
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Information about the Universal Credit statistics release strategy.
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
Information to support the Housing Benefit speed of processing statistical reports.
Information about benefit cap statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of statistics covered.
An explanation of the methodology used in the benefit destinations of claimants who have been sanctioned statistics.
Sample content for communications on the recent changes to Housing Benefit (removal of the spare room subsidy).
This document contains guidance for local authorities on processing claims for Housing Benefit.
Factsheet for claimants of Housing Benefit explaining new rules from April 2013.
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