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  • Decision Makers Guide Memos - volume 5

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 23 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. 

    Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support - General rules on income | Employed earners | Self-employed earners and share fishermen | Income other than earnings | Capital

    Documents

    • DMG Memo Volume 5/128 - Income and Capital Disregards for Miscarriage of Justice Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (124.48 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/127 - 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 5/126 - Income and Capital Disregards for the Ministry of Defence's LGBT Financial Recognition SchemeAdobe PDF (139.8 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/125 - Disregard for Capital Payments from an Estate of Infected Blood Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (108.18 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/124 - Legacy Benefits - The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Consequential Amendments 2023Adobe PDF (198.83 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/123 - Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon Habitual Residence Test & Past Presence Test Exemptions and Capital DisregardsAdobe PDF (150.54 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/122 - Capital disregard for Infected Blood Compensation paymentsAdobe PDF (127.39 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/121 (Revised) - Disregards for Post Office compensation payments, Grenfell Tower payments & Vaccine Damage paymentsAdobe PDF (151.4 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/120 – The Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022 – Widowed Parents Allowance and Higher Rate Bereavement Support PaymentAdobe PDF (171.89 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/119 – Income-related Benefits Local Welfare Provision DisregardAdobe PDF (130.55 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/118 - Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay - Consequential Amendments to Social Security BenefitsAdobe PDF (167.9 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/117 – The Adult Disability Payment – Income Support, old style Jobseeker’s Allowance, State Pension Credit, old style Employment and Support Allowance and Disability Living AllowanceAdobe PDF (155.65 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/116 - Disregard for Historical Abuse and Windrush SchemesAdobe PDF (141.81 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/115 - The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020Adobe PDF (212.75 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/114 (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 5/113 - The troubles permanent disabled payment schemeAdobe PDF (202.95 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/112 - The Social Security (Misc Amdts No 3) Regs (NI) 2017Adobe PDF (202.1 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/110 – Housing Costs and Social Fund Maternity GrantAdobe PDF (240.6 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/109 - October 2017 Miscellaneous AmendmentsAdobe PDF (214.39 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/108 - Payment from Emergency FundsAdobe PDF (207.3 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/107 - Infected blood support schemes and thalidomide regulationsAdobe PDF (118.34 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/106 – Bereavement Support Payment – Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (241.74 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/105 - Pensions paid to victims of National Socialist persecutionAdobe PDF (110.85 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/104 - Personal Independence Payment - Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (275.87 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/103 - State Pension - Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (394.38 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/102 - Pension flexibilities and income-related benefitsAdobe PDF (209.26 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/101 - Members of the Reserve Forces Amendment RegulationsAdobe PDF (210.1 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/100 - 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 5/99 - Miscellaneous AmendmentsAdobe PDF (113.97 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/96 - Miscellaneous Amendments April 2014Adobe PDF (118.78 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/95 - Armed Forces Independence payment consequential amendmentsAdobe PDF (260.67 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/90 - Jobseeker's Allowance and Members of the Reserve ForcesAdobe PDF (289.57 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/83 - Single status payments - Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support AllowanceAdobe PDF (356.65 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/30 - Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support - Tax Credits - Changes from April 2004Adobe PDF (271.33 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 5/23 - Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support - new tax creditsAdobe PDF (255.22 KB)
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