Information on council tax benefit, council tax discounts/reductions and housing benefit including eligibility and criteria for applications. Also procedures for benefit fraud investigation and information about benefits when hospitalised.

• Housing and Council Tax Benefit
  Everything you need to know about claiming help paying your Rent and Council Tax.
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• Financial Inclusion and Assessment Team
  The Financial Inclusion and Assessment Team (FIAT) are a team made up of Council and Pension Service staff that has been specially trained to give benefit and money advice.
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• Welfare Reform - The Changes
  The UK Government is changing the welfare benefit system to try to make it simpler, reduce dependency on benefits and encourage people into work. These changes will have an impact on the way you claim benefits, what they are called and what you are now eligible for.
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• Scottish Welfare Fund
  From April 2013, changes to the Social Fund scheme mean that Crisis Loans for Living Expenses and Community Care Grants will stop. In their place will be a new scheme called the Scottish Welfare Fund mainly for people on benefits.
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• Benefit Fraud
  It's not if we catch you, it's when!
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• Energy Assistance Package
  Provide solutions for houses that are cold, draughty and hard to heat.
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• Garden Aid
  Garden Aid is garden maintenance for elderly (aged 60 or over) or disabled residents who are not capable of doing the work themselves and have no other adults in the house who are able to maintain the garden.
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• Benefits - Overpayments - Housing
  Where a claimant receives benefit more than they are entitled to, the local authority will inform the claimant. The local authority has a duty to recover overpayments.
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• National Fraud Initiative
  Dumfries and Galloway Council is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. The Council may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
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• Benefits when Hospitalised
  A person claiming Housing and/or Council Tax benefit who is admitted to hospital must notify the local authority. If the period of hospitalisation is likely to exceed 52 weeks this may affect your benefit entitlement.
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