This bulletin covers the following:
- Reminder: The Department for Work and Pensions’ approved route for local authorities to send their Memorandum of Understanding compliance pre-audit questionnaires and supporting evidence
- Reminder of timescales for IP address changes
- LA Housing Benefit subsidy workshops in early 2025
- Discretionary Housing Payments mid-year estimate form for financial year ending March 2025 (England and Wales only)
- Latest update: Additional Universal Credit information on Searchlight
- Latest update: UC – Local Council Tax Reduction data feed enhancements
- Update: Identifying Local Vulnerability data sharing working group
- Update: Move to UC
- Reminder: Correct use of the MGP1 LA form
- Practitioners’ Operational Group and LA Welfare Steering Group
- HB Decisions by the Upper Tribunal
- New Legislation
- What’s new on our Housing Benefit information pages on www.gov.uk
You can read more in this PDF: LA Welfare Direct 10/2024