Use this template if your client's universal credit (UC) transitional element has been eroded because their housing costs element has increased when the increase in the housing costs element has been caused by the client being allowed an additional bedroom for a non-resident carer (that is they meet the 'overnight care condition') and has resulted in the bedroom tax no longer applying or being reduced.
Use this template to challenge a DWP delay, where a claimant has a new baby or has becomes responsible for a child/children (including if their 16-18 year old has returned to full time education), has notified the DWP within 1 month (or within 13 months if they had good reason for notifying late) and provided any evidence requested, but no new child element has been included in their universal credit (UC) award within a reasonable time.
Use this template to challenge HMRC's refusal to exercise discretion to reallocate child benefit payments to your client who has shared equal care of their child following relationship breakdown, is a survivor of domestic abuse, is on a low or benefit only income, and the child benefit is currently in payment to the other parent who is the perpetrator of that abuse and is a higher rate tax payer.
Use this template to challenge HMRC's failure to decide a claim for child benefit within a reasonable time when that claim is made by a survivor of domestic abuse and the perpetrator of the abuse is currently receiving child benefit for their child(ren).
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to pay new style ESA pending your client's appeal of a contribution-based ESA work capability assessment, on the grounds your client is treated as having limited capability for work pending their appeal (when they are unaffected by the 365-day time limit for claimants with limited capability for work).
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to reduce the rate of a deduction from your client's universal credit (UC) award for a new claim advance when all the deductions from your client's UC total 25% of their standard allowance.
Use this template to challenge DWP's failure to exercise their discretion not to reduce the rate of deduction from your client's universal credit (UC) award to recover a hardship payment.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to deduct more than 25% of a claimant's universal credit (UC) standard allowance when multiple deductions are taken at the same time.
Use this template to challenge a local authority’s failure, when deciding your client's discretionary housing payment application, to take into account their disability or terminal illness, and/or adaptations done to their property to meet their disability or health needs, which would render requiring your client to move to a smaller property discriminatory on the grounds of their disability.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to 'close your client's claim', ie, to revise the decision on their initial claim to refuse entitlement from the start of their award and to create an overpayment, due to your client's failure to provide ID evidence for 'reverification' when your client was awarded universal credit (UC) during Covid easements.
Use this template to challenge DWP's refusal to reduce the deductions from your client's universal credit (UC) (for example, amounts deducted and paid to third parties, to recover overpayments, or to recover a UC advance) when the total deducted reduces you client's UC payment to zero (rather than 1p).
