Discretionary Housing Payment is a payment you may receive at the discretion of your local authority which can help towards housing costs. You can only get it if you are entitled to Housing Benefit or the Housing Costs element of Universal Credit.
Housing Benefit is money to help you with your housing costs if you are on a low income. It can help with rent, some service charges and also with rates. Housing Benefit is being replaced by Universal Credit.
Support for Mortgage Interest Loan is help towards paying the interest payments on your mortgage or other loans for home purchase, repairs and home improvements. This help is in the form of a loan.
Statutory Sick Pay is money paid to you by your employer if you are sick and unable to work.
A Winter Fuel Payment is a one-off, tax-free payment made to households with someone over Pension Credit age.
Basic State Pension is money paid to people who reached state pension age before 6 April 2016.
A Short-Term Benefit Advance is paid as a loan, which has to be paid back out of your future benefit payments.
A Cold Weather Payment is money to help with fuel costs during periods of very cold weather.
The period of cold weather must cover seven consecutive days, between 1 November and 31 March, when the average temperature must be zero degrees Celsius or below.
The Scottish Welfare Fund can give grants to people living in Scotland.
Benefit or Tax Credit fraud is an offence which may be committed by making:
a) False representation for claiming benefits or tax credits, or
b) Dishonest representation for claiming benefits or tax credits
Special rules allow for investigation and prosecution where you ...