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  • Decision Makers Guide - volume 9

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 23 July 2015

    Last updated: 8 October 2025

    Volume 9 of the Decision Makers Guide contains reference chapters for decision makers and professional advisers on the interpretation of legislation relating to Employment and Support Allowance. 

    Employment and Support Allowance – General rules on income | Earnings of employed earners | Self-employed earners | Income other than earnings | Capital | Work-focused interview, work-related activity, disqualification and advance awards of income-related ESA | Special cases and urgent case payments

    Documents

    • DMG Chapter 54 - Special cases & urgent case payments (February 2019)Adobe PDF (564.62 KB)
    • DMG Chapter 53 - Employment and Support Allowance - work-focused interview, work-related activity, sanctions and hardship (October 2025)Adobe PDF (477.19 KB)
    • DMG Chapter 52 - Capital (April 2024)Adobe PDF (898.26 KB)
    • DMG Chapter 51 - Income other than earnings (July 2024)Adobe PDF (1.12 MB)
    • DMG Chapter 50 - Self-employed earners (July 2020)Adobe PDF (782.62 KB)
    • DMG Chapter 49 - Earnings of employed earners (July 2020)Adobe PDF (735.43 KB)
    • DMG Chapter 48 - General rules on income (November 2019)Adobe PDF (566.17 KB)
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