Work out if you're able to get any State Benefit assistance particularly if you are sick, have a low income or dependent children
Find out which department you need to contact in order to claim a benefit - and how to do it
An overview of the benefits system, including how payments are made and how to make a claim
Make sure you are always getting what you are entitled to - know what changes affect your benefits
Information about Direct Payment and how benefits and pensions are paid directly into a bank or building society account
Why you might be paid too much benefit, whether you'll have to pay it back and how you'll repay it
How to get a National Insurance number, when you'll use it and what to do if you forget or lose it
Appealing against benefits decisions including Housing Benefit and Child Benefit
How Direct Payment of benefits and pensions is different from 'direct payments' by social services to enable you to buy the help you need
Claiming benefits, tax credits or other financial support abroad in the European Economic Area (EEA) and other countries that have social security arrangements with the UK
If you are in prison or detained in legal custody, it usually means your entitlement to benefit will stop.
To be eligible for financial help if you have come to the United Kingdom you must be able to prove residency and that you are registered as a worker
Money, tax and benefits
