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  • Decision Makers Guide Memos - volume 9

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 31 March 2022

    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. 

    Documents

    • DMG Memo Volume 9/63 - Income and Capital Disregards for Miscarriage of Justice Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (124.48 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/62 - Legacy Benefits and State Pension Credit - The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025Adobe PDF (281.81 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/61 - Income and Capital Disregards for the Ministry of Defence's LGBT Financial Recognition SchemeAdobe PDF (139.8 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/60 - Disregard for Capital Payments from an Estate of Infected Blood Compensation PaymentsAdobe PDF (108.17 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/59 - Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments - Universal Credit and Other BenefitsAdobe PDF (143.69 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/58 - Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon Habitual Residence Test & Past Presence Test Exemptions and Capital DisregardsAdobe PDF (150.55 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/57 - Capital disregard for Infected Blood Compensation paymentsAdobe PDF (127.37 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/56 (Revised) - Disregards for Post Office compensation payments, Grenfell Tower payments & Vaccine Damage paymentsAdobe PDF (151.4 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/55 – The Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022 – Widowed Parents Allowance and Higher Rate Bereavement Support PaymentAdobe PDF (171.88 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/54 – Income-related Benefits Local Welfare Provision DisregardAdobe PDF (130.54 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/53 - Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay - Consequential Amendments to Social Security BenefitsAdobe PDF (167.88 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/52 - Changes to definition of terminally IllAdobe PDF (113.26 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/51 – 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 (155.64 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/50 - Disregard for Historical Abuse and Windrush SchemesAdobe PDF (141.81 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/49 - Disability Assistance for Children and Young People - Consequential Amendments to Social Security RegulationsAdobe PDF (144.88 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/48 - The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020Adobe PDF (212.8 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/47 (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 9/46 - The troubles permanent disabled payment schemeAdobe PDF (202.95 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/45 (Revised) – Prisoners on temporary releaseAdobe PDF (119.87 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/44 - The Social Security (Misc Amdts No 3) Regs (NI) 2017Adobe PDF (216.44 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/43 - Treatment of arrears and capital disregards in income-related benefitsAdobe PDF (127.28 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/42 - Housing Costs and Social Fund Maternity GrantAdobe PDF (301.35 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/41 - October 2017 Miscellaneous AmendmentsAdobe PDF (237.11 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/40 - Payment from Emergency FundsAdobe PDF (227.98 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/39 - Infected blood support schemes and thalidomide regulationsAdobe PDF (118.39 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 09/38 - Employment and Support Allowance: sanctions and work-related activity and hardshipAdobe PDF (233.7 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/37 - Work-related activity and work focused interviews for lone parentsAdobe PDF (281.83 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/35 - Bereavement Support Payment – Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (286.53 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/34 - Pensions paid to victims of National Socialist persecutionAdobe PDF (122.19 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/33 - Personal Independence Payment - Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (384.17 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/32 - State Pension - Consequential AmendmentsAdobe PDF (394.26 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/31 - Pension flexibilities and income-related benefitsAdobe PDF (224.13 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/30 - Members of the Reserve Forces Amendment RegulationsAdobe PDF (226.82 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/29 - 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 (246.08 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/28 - Miscellaneous AmendmentsAdobe PDF (127.84 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/26 - Miscellaneous Amendments April 2014Adobe PDF (132.83 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/25 - Armed Forces Independence payment consequential amendmentsAdobe PDF (345.51 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/18 - Restrictions on payment of benefit - Benefit offencesAdobe PDF (284.77 KB)
    • DMG Memo Volume 9/11 - Single status payments - Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support AllowanceAdobe PDF (420.41 KB)
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