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2009 Adjudication and Operations Circulars

Date Number Title Format
04/01/10 A26/2009 Amendment to the Local Housing Allowance Guidance (40KB) PDF PDF
08/12/09 A25/2009 Valuation of capital assets: reminder of current service agreement and revised guidance on jointly owned property (42KB) PDF
Form LA1 (31KB) PDF
Form LA2 (31KB) PDF
PDF
07/12/09 A24/2009 Guidance on the permitted work earnings disregards in HB/CTB introduced by the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2608 (75KB) PDF PDF
03/12/09 A23/2009 HB Overpayments and Excess CTB issues (54KB) PDF PDF
01/12/09 A22/2009 Future provision of performance data for the Right Benefit Indicator (53KB) PDF PDF
01/12/09 A21/2009 Preventing homelessness due to mortgage and landlord repossession (251KB) PDF PDF
13/11/09 A20/2009 The HB/CTB pensioner time for claiming provisions: Upper Tribunal decision in Leicester City Council v LG, CH/0392/2009 (36KB) PDF PDF
09/11/09 A19/2009 Changes to First-Tier Tribunal rules (32KB) PDF PDF
07/09/09 A18/2009 Student support uprating 2009/2010 (91KB) PDF PDF
19/08/09 A17/2009 Total disregard of Child Benefit income in HB/CTB and technical amendments to reflect The Childcare Act 2006. Amendment to the HB and CTB capital thresholds for customers who have reached the qualifying age for State Pension Credit (43KB) PDF PDF
20/07/09 A16/2009 Guidance on the effects on HB/CTB of the equalisation and extension of State Pension age – SI 2009/1488 (102KB) PDF PDF
20/07/09 A15/2009 HB overpayments and excess CTB issues (74KB) PDF PDF
01/07/09 A14/2009 Process for the transfer of the Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud (HBRF) Return from 1 April 2009 (Quarter 1 2009/10 onwards) (115KB) PDF
Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud Return – Frequently Asked Questions (35KB) PDF
Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud Return – Guidance (83KB) PDF
Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud Return – Template (150KB) Excel
PDF/Excel
20/05/09 A13/2009 2009/10 Single HB Extract – Guidance for Local Authorities (LAs)
Updated guidance on completion of the 2009/10 Single HB Extract fields for the derivation of the performance data for the 'Right Time' and 'Right Benefit' indicators
(182KB) PDF
PDF
06/05/09 A12/2009 The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (No 583)
The introduction of the Self-Employment Credit
(50KB) PDF
PDF
30/04/09 A11/2009 Dealing with changes in circumstances (49KB) PDF PDF
06/04/09 A10/2009 2008/09 The Social Security (Use of Information for Housing Benefit and Welfare Services Purposes) Regulations 2008 (38KB) PDF PDF
30/03/09 A9/2009 Further amendments to HB/CTB to take account of the introduction of Employment and Support Allowance – SI 2009/583 (38KB) PDF PDF
27/03/09 A8/2009 Right Benefit Performance Indicator – Measuring the right benefit indicator: Update for Local Authorities (LAs) (30KB) PDF PDF
19/03/09 A7/2009 Data Take On and Processing Schedule (DTOPS) for the extraction and transfer of Housing Benefit Matching Service (HBMS) and Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) data for 2009/10 (866KB) PDF PDF
17/03/09 A6/2009 Supersession (46KB) PDF PDF
17/03/09 A5/2009 Sale and rent back arrangements (302KB) PDF
Letter – Advice for homeowners (40KB) PDF
Leaflet – Advice for homeowners – sale and rent back (53KB) PDF
PDF
17/03/09 A4/2009 Change to the requirement for National Insurance numbers (NINOs) to be allocated to partners in claims for HB/CTB if they have no right to be in the UK (38KB) PDF PDF
10/03/09 A3/2009 2008/09 HB/CTB Right Time Performance Indicator -Update for Local Authorities (LAs) on the changes relating to the release of data and detailing the steps some authorities may need to take to ensure their Single HB Extract (SHBE) data is fit for purpose (113KB) PDF PDF
18/02/09 A2/2009 Introduction of the new Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit forms for prisoners
Guidance
(731KB) PDF
PDF
20/01/09 A1/2009 The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2008 SI 2824/2008 – Gypsies and Travellers (23KB) PDF PDF