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CCG's and furniture packages from the council
Some of the district councils in our area have recently started to offer furniture packages to their tenants. The cost of these packages are then adde | julie b | 04-May-06 02:37 PM
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Social Fund; Direction 33: Decision not wholly in applicants favour
Direction 33 was amended on 14/11/2005 with no great fanfare but appears not to be in any Social Fund Guide I can find (including Rightsnet toolkit SF | Quinn | 02-May-06 09:06 AM | 0 | 427 |
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Child Benefit for Refugees
CPAG (p1421-2) tells me that CB entitlement commences from the date of application for asylum if the claim is made within 3 months of claimant being n | paulmmoorhouse | 28-Apr-06 02:58 PM
by nevip | 4 | 427 |
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Child benefit entitlement living apart from children
urgent advice needed please!
client has ILR, is living in single hostel accomodation,
his fmaily have arrive in the UK have no recourse to public | southwestlaw1 | 20-Apr-06 05:20 PM | 0 | 479 |
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State Retirement Pension paid after death of client
My colleague has seen a client whose father/husband ( not sure which as only had quick chat with colleague) died on 9 Feb 05 of a 'notifiable disease' | lisalipshaw | 20-Apr-06 03:22 PM
by jj | 5 | 757 |
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CSB/349/1983
Does anyone out there have a copy of the above decision in any format?
If so could you please post it on this forum.
Many Thanks | keysey2 | 19-Apr-06 02:52 PM
by keysey2 | 2 | 385 |
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Crisis Loan
Hi, I'm new to the field of benefits advice, but I went to see a lady who had come from a refuge after suffering domestic violence and had made a clai | Su | 19-Apr-06 11:23 AM | 0 | 511 |
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Claiming CA and DLA at same time
I've recently skimmed through something about not now having to make the CA claim immediately the DLA claim is made but I can't remember it and can't | suelees | 10-Apr-06 09:18 AM
by suelees | 3 | 607 |
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Budgeting Loans and Community Care Grants
If the minimum Budgeting Loan has increased from £30 to £100 from April 2006 does this apply to Community Care Grants also. | RichardB | 07-Apr-06 11:57 AM
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CCG
can i claim for CCG for a shower for my client who is a carer for her mother who cannot get upstairs, and has no washing facilities downstairs, could | pat | 06-Apr-06 10:07 AM
by pat | 4 | 658 |
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British gas rebates
I have just had information on the British Gas Rebates that I want to share. British Gas is offering a Winter Rebate scheme on to their customers rece | Lin Thomas | 04-Apr-06 01:18 PM
by ali l | 7 | 1000 |
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Social Services payments
Hello everyone
Could you help with a problem we have, we are being threaten with court action because Social Services paid one of our tenants rent | Overload | 31-Mar-06 02:18 PM
by BobKirkpatrick | 1 | 497 |
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FREE SOCIAL FUND WORKSHOPS
The independent review service offers free workshops on the social fund ...
... see http://www.irs-revie w.org.uk/w&tmat/wand t.htm
Jeffery | Jeffery | 24-Mar-06 02:08 PM | 0 | 455 |
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Cohabitation and unlawful relationship
Just picked up a case where a funeral payment was refused because the claimant, who was deceased's partner, is not being accepted as such because it w | sarc | 17-Mar-06 11:07 PM
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Child in care and CHB
Child is with severe disabilities is accommodated by the LA, with a view to eventually returning home. Child is in foster placement.
At the moment ch | Claire | 14-Mar-06 01:55 PM | 0 | 434 |
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Social Fund and Debt Management
A client left college a few years ago and applied for a social fund loan, which was successful. Then she found work and paid the loan back except for | steve_h | 10-Mar-06 11:23 AM
by steve_h | 5 | 707 |
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allocation of blame in IIDB claim
never done an IIDB claim before - is there any consideration given to blame (either the employer or the employye) in assessing claims?
Have a lorry d | fib | 07-Mar-06 12:38 PM
by bmenadm | 2 | 523 |
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Interchange of claims/ex gratia payments or what ?
My client's a carer for her adult daughter and also has residence order for her grandson (same daughter's child). She gets the usual benefits for him | suelees | 07-Mar-06 12:05 PM | 0 | 427 |
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Child Benefit "Subject to Immigration Control"
My client had been given exeptional leave to remeain in the UK. She applied for it to be extended. At the time of the decision she was awaiting a deci | derekjackson | 07-Mar-06 08:51 AM
by shawn | 2 | 591 |
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Special Guardianship Order
can anyone help...I am told that an SGO can increase a persons benefits...but no-one can tell me how or why...anyone know anything on this...links etc | PeteD | 06-Mar-06 12:47 PM
by gary johnson | 3 | 2219 |
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Crisis Loans and Waiting times.
We are currently having problems with clients having crisis loan applications delayed.e.g. Client reports to JC+ and given an appointment 5 days or mo | northwiltshire | 06-Mar-06 11:56 AM
by mike shermer | 4 | 756 |
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How estranged is estranged (FP)?
I have a Clt who although separated from his wife for many years nevertheless he nursed her through terminal illness and had always kept in close cont | DeborahE | 20-Feb-06 02:04 PM
by DJ Evans | 7 | 880 |
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milk tokens
Hi all
has anyone come across - or even better, solved - this conundrum
Income Support confirm that they have input onto their computer record the | LizB_CdfWRU | 16-Feb-06 03:59 PM
by 1964 | 1 | 517 |
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Funeral Payments - late claim
DWP have refused a claim for funeral payment. Form was submitted in time but was defective. The client did return properly completed but outside the o | suelees | 15-Feb-06 11:25 AM
by suelees | 26 | 1429 |
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COMMUNITY CARE GRANT AND LATE REVIEW
I have a client who applied for a community care grant and was awarded it on 20 October 2005. She was awarded £480.
On what grounds can she ask | Jeffery | 09-Feb-06 09:36 AM | 0 | 549 |
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Child benefit and other matters.
Client has 18 year old son who was at college. She is getting CB and CTC as well as a widowed mothers allowance (husband died before introduction of B | jryan | 08-Feb-06 02:16 PM | 0 | 506 |
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Funeral Payment - necessary costs
I have a client who has had the funeral payment for her brother limited to the costs of a cemetary in the borough that he was 'living in'. She buried | Ross_Bullen | 08-Feb-06 07:15 AM
by judithH | 1 | 533 |
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Free School Meals
Can anyone tell me where I find the legislation saying that people can get FSM for their children if they get Pansion Guarantee credit.
s512 of the | Victor Ridding | 03-Feb-06 02:24 PM
by Jon_Blackwell | 1 | 518 |
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Applying for a CCG
I have a query about applying for a CCG for removal costs.
One of my colleagues has a client who has been refused a CCG at his local office on the | Sam Warburton | 01-Feb-06 11:50 AM
by Kim | 1 | 564 |
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Funeral Payment Claim
I applied for a funeral payment (in time) on behalf of a tenant. As the final funeral bill was not originally in his name (as his brother-in-law had m | linkwide | 27-Jan-06 02:34 PM
by linkwide | 3 | 597 |
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