Changes in Circumstances
What if my circumstances change?
If anything happens during claiming or after
your benefit has been paid, 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:-
Please tell us if:-
- you or your partner start or stop
getting Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (income
based)
- you or your partner start or stop
getting Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit
- the money you or your partner gets
increases or decreases
- the money non-dependants (other adults
living with you) 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
- Someone moves in or out of your
home
- 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
- 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.
If you get Pension Credit (Guarantee credit, you
must tell the Pension Service about any changes in your
circumstances which may affect your entitlement. You can contact
the pension service on 0845 60 60 265 (textphone 0845 60 60 285) or
go to our other useful links page
to go to the Pension Service website.
You can contact us by phone on 01909 533287 or
01909 533710 or 01777 713855
or email us at customer.services@bassetlaw.gov.uk
or in person to notify a change in circumstances
or download & print off a change of circumstances form from the
"Forms to Download" page.