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  • Decision Makers Guide Memos - volume 14

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 24 July 2015

    Last updated: 29 August 2025

    Memos contain further guidance on the interpretation of legislation to social security benefits and should be read in conjunction with the Decision Makers Guide. 

    State Pension Credit – Assessed income period | Deemed weekly income from capital | Income other than earnings | Earnings

    Documents

    • DMG Memo Volume 14/84 - Income and Capital Disregards for Miscarriage of Justice Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (124.48 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/83 - Legacy Benefits and State Pension Credit - The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025Adobe PDF (281.82 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/82 - Income and Capital Disregards for the Ministry of Defence's LGBT Financial Recognition SchemeAdobe PDF (139.8 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/81 - Disregard for Capital Payments from an Estate of Infected Blood Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (108.18 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/80 - Legacy Benefits - The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Consequential Amendments 2023Adobe PDF (198.84 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/79 - Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon Habitual Residence Test & Past Presence Test Exemptions and Capital DisregardsAdobe PDF (150.54 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/78 - Capital disregard for Infected Blood Compensation paymentsAdobe PDF (127.37 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/77 (Revised) - Disregards for Post Office compensation payments, Grenfell Tower payments & Vaccine Damage paymentsAdobe PDF (151.41 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/76 – The Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022 – Widowed Parents Allowance and Higher Rate Bereavement Support PaymentAdobe PDF (171.91 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/75 – Income-related Benefits Local Welfare Provision DisregardAdobe PDF (130.54 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/74 - Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay - Consequential Amendments to Social Security BenefitsAdobe PDF (167.9 KB)
    • DMG Memo Vol 14/73 - Disregard for Historical Abuse and Windrush SchemesAdobe PDF (141.82 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/72 - State Pension Credit: Universal Credit claimants who reach the qualifying ageAdobe PDF (140.06 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/71 - The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020Adobe PDF (212.8 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/70 (Revised) - Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and devolved administration coronavirus schemes and benefits other than Universal CreditAdobe PDF (213.79 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/69 - The troubles permanent disabled payment schemeAdobe PDF (202.95 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/68 - The Social Security (Misc Amdts No 3) Regs (NI) 2017Adobe PDF (215.11 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/67 - Treatment of arrears and capital disregards in income-related benefitsAdobe PDF (125.77 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/66 - October 2017 Miscellaneous AmendmentsAdobe PDF (237.11 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/65 - Payment from Emergency FundsAdobe PDF (227.64 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/64 - Infected blood support schemes and thalidomide regulationsAdobe PDF (143.01 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/63 - Bereavement Support Payment – Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (284.94 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/62 - Pensions paid to victims of National Socialist persecutionAdobe PDF (122.1 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/60 - State Pension - Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (553.5 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/59 - Limitation of savings credit for mixed age couples and phasing out of assessed income periodsAdobe PDF (142 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/58 - Pension flexibilities and income-related benefitsAdobe PDF (224.22 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/57 - Income tax rates, Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance/Employment and Support Allowance/State Pension Credit benefit rates, Social Security contributions rates and increases of employment rights limits from April 2015Adobe PDF (246.13 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 14/51 - Miscellaneous Amendments April 2013Adobe PDF (213.92 KB)

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