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Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
This information was for all local authority Housing Benefit (HB) staff.
These HB Direct newsletters provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provided information that affected Housing Benefit.
Information about how the data was used in the Google Public Data Explorer and access to the separate data files.
New Loss of Benefit changes for claimant fraud - offences occurring wholly on or after 1 April 2013
Guidelines on the use and interpretation of official statistics on children in out-of-work benefit households.
Advertisement to be used in print publications to publicise new rules for Housing Benefit.
If you are a claimant from abroad this publication gives information on what the terms 'worker' and 'self-employed person' mean for the right to reside test.
Guidance for local authorities on subsidies DWP pays for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) schemes.
How DWP manages the release of Work and Health Programme statistics.
This note provides background information on the Work Choice programme and the statistics we publish on it.
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit scheme.
Background information on Housing Benefit entitlement reductions statistics including what they cover and how they're measured.
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