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This guidance is for DWP staff who make decisions about benefits and pensions. It helps them make decisions that are accurate and consistent.
The introduction of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment affects the guidance DWP staff use.
Updated chapter 9 and updated DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021.
2 October 2024
DMG chapter 8 payment of benefit and deductions from benefit and DMG Volume 3 rolling summary of changes have been updated.
27 September 2024
DMG vol3 summary of changes and DMG chapter 8 - payment of benefit and deductions from benefit documents updated.
8 December 2023
Updated DMG Vol 3 Ch 9: Overpayments, offsets and recoverability and also DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021.
26 October 2023
Updated DMG Volume 3 Chapter 8: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit and added summary of changes from January 2021.
3 October 2023
Updated DMG volume 3 chapter 12: Imprisonment and added summary of changes - September 2023.
14 July 2023
Updated DMG Vol 3 Ch 12: Imprisonment and also DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021.
21 December 2022
Updated DMG Vol 3 Ch 10: Evidence of age, marriage and death and added summary of changes from January 2021.
20 July 2022
Updated DMG chapter 17 (overlapping benefits) and Volume 3 summary of changes.
1 July 2022
Updated DMG volume 3, chapter 8: Payment of benefit and Deductions from benefit, chapter 17: Overlapping benefits and added summary of changes.
20 April 2022
Replaced 'DMG Vol 3 Chapter 15: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit' and 'DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021'.
25 March 2022
Updated chapter 17.
24 February 2022
Updated 'DMG Vol 3 Ch 10: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit' and 'DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021'.
7 February 2022
Updated 'DMG Vol 3 Ch 8: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit' and 'DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021'.
3 December 2021
Replaced 'DMG Vol 3 Ch 8: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit' and 'DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021'.
5 November 2021
Updated chapter 8 Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit.
23 August 2021
Updated chapters 8 and 17.
1 February 2021
Updated chapter 9. Added DMG Vol 3: Summary of changes from January 2021.
4 August 2020
Updated chapter 8 - clarifies definition of pensionable age at 08112 and provides new guidance on deductions for child support maintenance at 08501 – 08600.
9 July 2020
Updated 'DMG Vol 3 Ch 8: Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit'.
19 June 2020
Amended Vol 3 Ch 15 to include references to DMG memo 13/20.
5 June 2020
Revised chapters 10 and 16. Added summary of changes in 'DMG Vol 3: Amendment 60, February 2020'.
13 February 2020
Amended DMG volume 3 chapter 17. Changes listed in amendment 60, February 2020.
20 January 2020
Added revised 'DMG Vol 3: Amendment 57, February 2019' to include annotations to DMG Memo 01/20: Civil Partnerships for opposite sex couples.
31 October 2019
Added revised DMG vol 3 chapter 9: Overpayments, recoverability, adjustments, civil penalties and recoupments, chapter 15: Earnings for non-income-related benefits and amendment 59, which lists the changes to the revised chapters.
17 July 2019
Updated chapter 8 'Payment of benefit and deductions from benefit' with changes for deductions for arrears of child maintenance.
25 June 2019
Added revised 'DMG Vol 3: Ch 15: Earnings for non-income-related benefits' and 'DMG Vol 3 Ch 16: Dependency increases' and added associated amendment note 'DMG Vol 3: Amendment 58, June 2019'.
14 June 2019
DMG Vol 3 Chapter 14 - this chapter is now spare as the employment schemes detailed in the former 'Welfare at Work' chapter no longer exist.
11 April 2019
Revised DMG volume 3 chapters 8 and 10 with amendments listed in amendment 57.
20 February 2019
Revised DMG volume 3 chapter 10: Evidence of age, marriage and death, annotated to DMG memo 2/19.
25 January 2019
Added revised DMG volume 3 chapter 16 with amendments listed in amendment 56.
13 November 2018
Revised DMG chapter 16 - update to chapter 16222.
3 July 2018
Revised DMG volume 3, chapters 8, 9, 12, 15, 17 and amendment 55, which lists the amendments.
9 November 2017
Added revised DMG volume 3, chapters 9, 11, 12, 13 and amendment 54, which lists the amendments.
24 October 2017
Added revised DMG volume 3, chapter 15: Earnings for non-income-related benefits - annotated to new DMG memo 21/17.
11 July 2017
Added revised DMG volume 3, chapter 15 and amendment 53, which lists the amendments. Also deleted out of date amendments 48 and 49.
7 April 2017
Published revised chapters 8, 9, 12 and 17 annotated to memos.
5 April 2017
Revised DMG volume 3, chapters 12 and 13, annotated to memos 6, 7 and 8/17.
9 March 2017
Added revised chapters 9, 15 and amendment 52, which lists the amendments.
6 July 2016
Added revised chapters 8, 12, 13 and 15. The amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 51.
14 April 2016
Published revised amendment 50 - page 2 - amended abbreviations and statute abbreviations.
8 April 2016
Published revised chapter 8, 9 and 17 annotated with new memo 11/16.
24 March 2016
Published revised chapters 13, 15, 18 and amendment 50, which lists the amendments.
3 March 2016
Replaced chapter 2: Imprisonment - annotated to DMG memo 6/16.
26 October 2015
Added revised chapters 8, 10, 15, 16 and 18. The amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 49.
31 July 2015
Replaced chapter 15 annotated with new memo 20/2015.
17 July 2015
Added revised chapters 15, 16 and 17. The amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 48.
1 April 2015
Published revised chapter 15 annotated with new relevant memos 6 to 12/15.
13 March 2015
Replaced chapter 15 annotated with new memo 5/2015.
12 March 2015
Added revised chapters 8, 10, 11, 15, 16 and amendment 47. The amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 47.
17 December 2014
Added revised chapters 10 and 16 annotated to memos 35 to 37.
27 November 2014
Published revised chapter 8 annotated with new memos 33 and 34/14.
25 November 2014
Added revised chapters 11, 13 and amendment 46.
11 November 2014
Added amended chapters 9 and 16 and new amendment 46.
29 July 2014
Added revised chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16 and amendment 45. Amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 45.
26 March 2014
Added revised chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17. The amendments to these PDFs are listed in amendment 44 - also added.
21 November 2013
Amended DMG Vol 3 Ch 9 and added amendment 43 - further clarification of the guidance relating to the imposition of Civil
Penalties.