Benefits

The Council operates the Housing and Council Tax Benefit scheme on behalf of the Government. The scheme is defined by legislation.

The Council does not have any discretion with regard to the rules governing entitlement or the amount of any subsequent entitlement. 

These pages are intended to give an indication of the rules and limitations that the Council have to use when calculating entitlement.

Relevant Pages

• Housing Benefit Main Page
• Council Tax Benefit Main Page
• Council Tax Main Page
• Local Housing Allowance
• Welfare Rights - Advice
• Benefit - fraud investigation
• Local Housing Allowance Rates
• Benefits - Hospitalisation
• Fraud Prosecution Policy
• Report a Benefit Cheat
• Student Loan
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Are you missing out - Benefits poster
• Over 60 with Savings? – You Could Be Missing Out On Help With Your Rent And/Or Council Tax
• Receiving Child Benefit? – You Could Be Missing Out On Help With Your Rent And/Or Council Tax!
• Help in Redundancy
• Understanding Your Benefit Notification Letter
• Changes to Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance) from April 2011
• Overnight Carers - April 2011