Guidance

Housing Benefit adjudication circulars 2023

Adjudication circulars provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
17 January 2023
Last updated
172 MayNovember 2023 — See all updates

Documents

A7/2023: The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence, and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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A6/2023: The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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A5/2023: Housing Benefit operational information, performance support and engagement for the financial year ending March 2024

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A4/2023: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative for the financial year ending March 2024

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A3/2023: Supported housing and temporary accommodation Single Housing Benefit Extract management information for caseload review

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A2/2023: War Pensions uprating for the financial year ending March 2024

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A1/2023: Housing Benefit uprating for the financial year ending March 2024

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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 17 January 2023
Last updated 172 MayNovember 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added HB circular A7/2023: The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence, and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

  2. Added HB circular A6/2023 The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

  3. Added A5/2023: Housing Benefit operational information, performance support and engagement for the financial year ending March 2024.

  4. Added HB circular A4/2023: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative for the financial year ending March 2024

  5. Added A3/2023: Supported housing and temporary accommodation Single Housing Benefit Extract management information for caseload review.

  6. Added HB circular A2/2023: War Pensions uprating for the financial year ending March 2024.