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Payments and Benefits

When you make a new claim, or are asked to support your claim for Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit, you will be required to provide:

proof of your identity
proof of your income
Proof of residency
proof of rent (where applicable).
proof of your savings

Please note that all documents must be originals.

Proof of identity

you must provide any two of the following items as proof of your identity:

(The following are listed alphabetically and not in order of importance.)

Bank statement (dated within the last 4 weeks of the claim)
Benefit payment book
Birth certificate (full or short version)
Certificate of employment in HM forces
Certificate of employment in the Merchant Navy
Divorce/Annulment papers
Driving Licence
Home office Standard Acknowledgement Letter (SAL 1 or 2)
Identity card issued by an EC/EEA member state
Letter from solicitor/social worker/probation officer or Inland Revenue
Life insurance/assurance policies
Marriage certificate
Medical card
National Insurance number card
Passport (current and valid)
UK residence permit
Utility bill paid in your name for the last quarter
Wage slips from current employer

Proof of income

Proof of employment. Your last 5 payslips (if paid weekly), or your last 2 payslips (if paid monthly).
Proof of self-employment. Your most recent accounts, or similar records. If you have recently started your business you will need to show us estimated details until we can see the full accounts.
Proof of Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment Support Allowance (contribution or income based). A letter from the Department for Work and Pensions or your Employment Service Jobcentre showing how much benefit you get, and when you started getting it.
Proof of other benefits and allowances. A letter from the Department for Work and Pensions showing how much benefit you get, and when you started getting it, or your order book.
Proof of pensions. A letter from the Pension Service or a bank statement showing how much benefit you get, and when you started getting it

Proof of residency

Gas bill
Electricity bill
Water rates bill
TV licence
Telephone bill

Proof of rent

You should supply a current tenancy agreement, signed by both yourself and your landlord. There must be no changes to the original tenancy document. Additionally we will accept a signed letter from your landlord. This must show: