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  • Decision Makers Guide Memos - volume 3

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 23 July 2015

    Last updated: 17 November 2021

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

    Subjects common to all benefits – Payment of and Deductions from benefit | Overpayments, recoverability, adjustments and recoupments | Evidence | Living together | Imprisonment | Incapacity for work | Welfare to work | Earnings | Dependency increases | Overlapping Benefits | Hospital in-patients

    Documents

    • DMG Volume 3/102 – Staggering payments of benefit arrears by instalments (Legacy benefits)Adobe PDF (104.65 KB)
    • DMG Memo Vol 3/101 – Consequential Amendments to Social Security Legislation - Introduction of Child Disability PaymentAdobe PDF (130.77 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/100 - Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and devolved administration coronavirus schemes and benefits other than Universal CreditAdobe PDF (213.79 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/99 - Civil Status CertificatesAdobe PDF (7.3 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/98 - Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit & Severe Disablement Allowance: Exempt WorkAdobe PDF (111.9 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/97 – Bereavement Support Payment – Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (241.61 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/96 - Effect of imprisonment on Bereavement Support PaymentAdobe PDF (109.81 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/95 - Revision and supersession - effects of changes to collection of class 2 National InsuranceAdobe PDF (212.75 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/93 - State Pension: Prisoners and Overseas ResidentsAdobe PDF (215.4 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/92 - 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 (213.15 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/90 - Armed Forces Independence payment consequential amendmentsAdobe PDF (260.6 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/89 - Miscellaneous Amendments October 2013Adobe PDF (225.4 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/87 - Deductions from Benefit - Introduction of the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme and the Child Maintenance DeductionAdobe PDF (15.45 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 3/76 - Rates for Income Tax, Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance/Employment and Support Allowance/State Pension Credit benefit rates and Social Security contributions from April 2010Adobe PDF (210.61 KB)
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