This thread is designed to assist you with obtaining as much information as you may need to get a good understanding of certain types of benefits including

1. Universal Credit (UC)

2. PIP (Personal Independent Payments (PIPs)

3. Contribution based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)

4. Contribution based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for people who are eligible for UC

The link below was first published 22/03/2013 and updated 23/04/2015

If you wish to know more please follow the link below and then spend some time looking through the large amount of links and data listings to find your benefit or question.

Please see here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide

Although this link is meant for the Approved Decision Makers (ADM) anyone can read them to gain an entry level of knowledge for your benefit.

If you follow the above link and wish to know about being sanctioned you would then need to find the relevant number of the document within that link, in this case the link would relate to K1-K9 and so on.

This link above covers so much information and may be of use to you.

Getting to know what is/maybe required of you can be found within this link. I also covers living together as a married couple (LTAMC) since many posters often ask how many nights can a partner stay over that question is answered here for you in detail. See E4 for this information

If you have found your question in the link and still need to ask questions please start your own thread within this part of the forum see below.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=160

Note to readers sorry for the long list in the link/s but they are worth reading and you could benfit from what you find contained within.

:Clarification:

Currently 'Advice for Decision Making' (linked to in #1) is only used to decide claims for;

A personal independence payment.

Single claimants who are fit for work, don't have children, and live in a Jobcentre area where they can claim universal credit instead income based jobseekers allowance.

And additionally, a few Jobcentres administer joint claims for universal credit and claims which involve children, if the claimants are fit for work.

For now, everyone else still has to decipher the 'Decision Makers Guide'.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/decision-makers-guide-staff-guide

Margaret.