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Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2020 (10 February 2021)
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Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2020
Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Published 6 February 2020
Last updated 10 February 2021 — see all updates
From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Documents
A11/2020: Changes to Housing Benefit for claimants in receipt of Severe Disability Premium
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A10/2020: Pre-1996 cases: Rent Officer referrals
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A9/2020: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative re-launch
Ref: A9/2020HTML
A8/2020: The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020 – (England and Wales)
Ref: A8/2020HTML
A7/2020: The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020
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A6/2020: State Pension Adult Dependency Increase ending
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A6/2020: State Pension Adult Dependency Increase ending appendix 1: example letter
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A5/2020: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative
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A4/2020: Housing Benefit operational information, performance support and engagement 2020-21
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A3/2020: Changes to the Severe Disability Premium process
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A3/2020: example form: Referral to HB for claimants in receipt of SDP
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A2/2020: War Pensions: Uprating 2020 to 2021
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A1/2020: Housing Benefit: Uprating 2020/21 (4th revision)
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Details
Adjudication circulars provide advice, guidance and information on Housing Benefit to local authority staff. They update the Housing Benefit guidance manual.
The circulars make many references to Council Tax Benefit as this was administered by local authorities alongside Housing Benefit until March 2013. In April 2013 Council Tax Benefit was replaced by local authorities’ own council tax support and reduction schemes, removing DWP’s involvement.
Readers will need to consider references to Council Tax Benefit in these documents accordingly.
For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: lawelfare.correspondence@dwp.gov.uk
Published 6 February 2020
Last updated 10 February 2021 + show all updates