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  • Decision Making

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    • Benefits and pensions
    Guidance to assist decision makers or stakeholders within the advice community on the interpretation of Social Security and Child Maintenance Legislation.

    More in this topic

    • Decision Makers Guide for Child Maintenance
    • Decision Makers Guide
    • Decision Makers Guide memos
    • Advice for Decision Making
    • Advice for Decision Making Memos
    • Social security policy and guidance
    • Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide & memos
    • Benefit law

    Related to Decision Making

    Most recent publications

    • Housing Benefit memos 2025

      Published 11 April 2025
    • President of Appeal Tribunal Report on Standards of Decision Making by the Department 2021-2022

      Published 18 February 2025
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    Most recent news items

    • Important to maintain high standard of accuracy in benefits decisions – Givan

      Published 23 November 2016
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