Council tax benefit - current claim

Council Tax Benefit

If anything happens during this time which might affect how much benefit you get, you must tell us immediately.

If you don't tell us about a change, and we pay you too much benefit, you may have to pay it back.

You must tell us about the following changes:-

Changes to the money you get

Please tell us if:-

• you start or stop getting Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (income based)
• you start or stop getting Family Credit
• the money you or your partner gets increases or decreases
• the money non-dependants get increases or decreases
• there are any other changes in the money people in your home get. For example, someone starts getting Disability Living Allowance

Changes in your home

Please tell us if:-

• you change your address
• the number of people in your home changes - for example, someone has a baby
• a partner comes to live with you
• a partner leaves

Other changes

Please tell us if:-

• you, or your partner, go into hospital for more than 6 weeks
• you, or your partner, become a student, or stop being a student
• the amount of savings or capital you have changes

You do not have to tell us about changes in age (for example, if one your children becomes 11 years old), as we will have this information already.

For an online notification of change of circumstances, please click here.