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Standard letters for welfare rights work

(Last update Jan 2008)

These standard letters and forms, (in Word format, unless otherwise stated), are invaluable tools for effective welfare rights work and. You may save them on your hard drive or complete them on screen and print and you may adapt them for your own use - but I retain copyright and you must keep the footer on each letter.

Some letters are free, but for a one-off fee of only £9.99 (includes VAT) you will have unlimited access to all the letters so that you can download them whenever you need to.  From time to time, the letters are updated and added to.

This fee applies to each workplace - so for example, all the advisers in a single workplace will be covered by one fee, while larger organisations, will have to pay a fee for each workplace which needs access (this is fairer; larger, better-off organisations pay more).  After paying the fee, you will be emailed a password and VAT receipt.  You can pay by credit or debit card or from a Paypal account - to purchase unlimited access, click the Buy Now button below.

Words in bold print on the letters contain instructions and/or optional information and should be deleted before you print.

Important note: The letters are designed to be used by advisers. And of course, the letters are only as good as the adviser who uses them and they must be used with advice and proper examination of the issues in question, so no liability can be accepted for how they are used or for the results obtained! 

Free letters

Client's consent to disclose information  (Written by DWP) Tax Credits consent to disclose (pdf) (Written by HMRC) Intention to claim (can still be used for Jobcentre Plus benefits, assuming that their staff  know that both the law and their own procedures actually allow written claims!)
Notify a change of circumstances Benefit appeal (substitute GL 24, can be used for all benefits) Tax Credit appeal (pdf) (Written by HMRC)

Letters to buy

Revision/supersession request IS/ibJSA delay - interim payment request HB delay - interim payment request
Request to waive recovery of overpayment: HB/CTB (In addition to appeal) Request to waive recovery of Tax Credit overpayment Request to waive recovery of other benefit overpayments (In addition to appeal)
Social Fund Review request: first stage HB/CTB backdating request Discretionary Housing Payment claim
Social Fund Review application:Social Fund Inspector stage Social Fund Community Care Grant: Letter to support a claim Severe hardship and estrangement claims for IS/JSA by young people Updated!
Request for compensation because of delay or error by DWP Letter before action for missing benefit payment (England & Wales) Application to waive or defer a Work Focused Interview
Application to exempt from Personal Capability Assessment or treat as incapable of work
DLA/AA evidence diary (for supporting claims, revisions & supersessions about the care component- 18 pages) DLA mobility component: walking test for "virtually unable to walk" cases DLA higher rate mobility component and severe mental impairment
Application for deductions from IS/ib JSA/PC towards rent arrears (Request by tenant) Application for deductions from IS/ib JSA/PC towards rent arrears (Request by landlord) Application for payment of hostel service charges by deductions from IS/ib JSA/PC New!

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