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Proofs you need to provide to support your benefit claim

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  1. You are here: What you must provide to support your benefit claim
  2. Proofs we will need to see for you and your partner
  3. Proofs we will need to see for your children and other people who live with you
  4. How to provide your proofs to us

What you must provide to support your benefit claim

To work out your entitlement, we will need to see proof of financial circumstances for you and anyone who lives with you. This includes:

•    Earnings, including from self-employment
•    Other income, such as pensions and state benefits
•    Savings and investments

You must also provide proof of identity and national insurance number for you and your partner, if you have one.

If you pay rent to anyone other than the Council, you must also provide proof of this.

Dependant on your household circumstances we will also need to see proofs for the following

•    Student status
•    Childcare costs
•    Child Maintenance payments

The following page gives more details as to the proofs we will require and how to upload these proofs to us.

 

 

 

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