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mike shermer
                              

Welfare Benefits Officer, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, Kings l
Member since
23rd Jan 2004

start date of HB/CTB claims
Fri 08-Apr-05 12:04 PM


In the budget etc, it was announced that regs would be changed to bring HB/CTB claim dates into line with other benefits - ie, first point of contact with claimant, rather than when the claim form was returned.

However, our Benefits section don't appear to have seen a HB circular or SI formalising this - has anyone had sight of anything?

  

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RE: start date of HB/CTB claims, jmembery, 08th Apr 2005, #1
RE: start date of HB/CTB claims, shawn, 08th Apr 2005, #2

jmembery
                              

Benefits Manager AVDC, Aylesbury Vale DC - Aylusbury bucks
Member since
01st Mar 2004

RE: start date of HB/CTB claims
Fri 08-Apr-05 12:41 PM

The legislation has been delayed, but it is still the DWPs intention to bring it in ASAP.

  

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shawn
                              

Charter member

RE: start date of HB/CTB claims
Fri 08-Apr-05 12:51 PM

confirmed in latest issue of HB direct

'we are keen to amend the rules on the date of claim as soon as possible so that customers and LAs can start to benefit ...'

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/cgi-bin/forwardsql/search.cgi?template2=user_details2.htm&output_number=1&news.ID=44174932685

  

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