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 of between £100 and £300 made during the winter to help with heating costs, it is 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 Budgeting Loan is extra money on top of your benefits to help pay for certain essentials. You have to pay back a Budgeting Loan.
A Budgeting Advance is an extra amount of Universal Credit to help you pay for certain expenses. You have to pay back a Budgeting Advance.
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 ...
Guide to Benefits Overpayments, what they are, why they happen and what you should do if you have been overpaid
This guide explains about tax credit overpayments and what to do if you think you have been overpaid.