Health and Social Care - Frequently Asked Questions
Questions:
- Are there any ways of getting more benefit?
- Can the council recover overpayments of benefit from me?
- How do I get equipment or adaptations to my home to help with daily living?
- How do you make a claim for benefit?
- How will my claim be worked out?
- I have heard a lot about benefit fraud - what happens if I know something about a case?
- What happens when my circumstances change?
- What if I am unhappy about one of your decisions or want to appeal against it?
- What is council tax benefit?
- What is housing benefit?
- When will my benefit claim start and is it possible to get it backdated?
- Who is entitled to claim housing and council tax benefit?
- Who will you pay my benefit to?
- Will the housing benefit rules be able to pay all my rent?