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Housing Benefit | Council Tax Benefit | Benefit Fraud | Landlord's information | Backdating your claim | How to Claim Benefits | Child-care costs | Change of circumstances | Extended benefit payments | Self-employed benefit claims | Other people who live with you | Benefit on Two Homes | Temporary Absence from home | Discussing your Benefit Claim | Discretionary Housing Payments | Overpayment of Benefit | Local Housing Allowance

Benefits

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We deal with Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for people living in Oxford.

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit help people on low incomes to pay their rent and Council Tax. If you are in or out of work you don't have to receive any other benefit to claim Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.

For more information on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit see the relevant sections of this website. You can also view and download our leaflet below:

Help with your rent and council tax

For information on other benefits see the Department for Work and Pensions website.

Jobcentre Plus offices manage working age benefits such as:

The Pension Service manages old age benefits such as:

The Inland Revenue manages:

For independent advice about welfare benefits see the Community Legal Service Direct website.

Send an email to the Benefits Office Send an email to the Benefits Office

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Contact Details

Benefits Team
Oxford City Council
PO Box 10
Oxford
OX1 1EN

Tel: 01865 252849
Fax: 01865 252065


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Related documents
Help with your rent and Council Tax leaflet (191kB PDF)
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External links
Jobcentre Plus - Working age benefits
The Pension Service - List of benefits and services
Inland Revenue - Tax Credits
Community Legal Service Direct

See also
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit

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Tax and Benefits FAQs
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Housing Benefit

Housing Benefit can cover or pay towards your rent.

Council Tax Benefit

Council Tax Benefit can cover or pay towards your Council Tax bill.

Benefit Fraud

Every year false benefit claims cost the country millions of pounds. Help us beat the benefit cheats.

Landlord's information

Information for landlords whose tenants may be able to claim housing benefit.

Backdating your claim

Information about applying for benefit for a period before you completed your application.

How to Claim Benefits

Information on claiming Housing and Council Tax Benefit.

Child-care costs

Information about how your child-care costs may affect your entitlement to Housing and Council Tax Benefit.

Change of circumstances

What do I need to do if I am receiving benefits but my circumstances have changed?

Extended benefit payments

Information about when you might qualify for an extended benefit payment.

Self-employed benefit claims

Information about what you need to provide when claiming Housing and Council Tax Benefit if you are self-employed.

Other people who live with you

Further information on how the people who live with you but are not financially dependant on you affect your entitelment to benefit.

Benefit on Two Homes

The conditions that are needed to claim benefit on more than one property at the same time.

Temporary Absence from home

What should you do if you are going to be absent from a property that you are receiving benefit for?

Discussing your Benefit Claim

Who can we talk to about your benefit claim?

Discretionary Housing Payments

After you have been awarded Housing and/or Council Tax Benefit but still cannot afford your rent or council tax you may apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment.

Overpayment of Benefit

What happens if you have been overpaid benefit?

Local Housing Allowance

What is going to be changing in Housing Benefits from April 2008?



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