Income & Expenditure requirements

When applying for a Discretionary Housing Payment or Exceptional Hardship Payment, we will require the following financial information.

For each of the below we request the amount and frequency of the payments:

Income:

Wages/Salary
Income Support
Jobseeker's Allowance
Statutory Sick Pay/Maternity Pay/Company Sick Pay
Working Tax Credits
Child Tax Credits
Retirement Pension
Private/Occupational Pension
Pension Credit
Incapacity Benefit
Employment and Support Allowance
Disability Living Allowance Care
Disability Living Allowance Mobility
Personal Independence Payment Daily Living
Personal Independence Payment Mobility
Armed Forces Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
Maintenance
Universal Credit
Other Income/Benefits
Child Benefit

Expenditure:

Regular Outgoings

Council tax                                                        
Eligible rent                                                      
Gas/oil
Electricity
Water
Childcare
Life insurance
House insurance
Rent arrears
Debt repayments
TV licence
Social fund
Catalogue
Housing Benefit overpayments
Mobile phone
Home phone

Housekeeping

Food and milk
Cleaning and toiletries
Newspapers and Magazines
Cigarettes and tobacco
Alcohol
Laundry and dry cleaning
Clothing and footwear
Nappies and baby items
Pet food
Other

Travel

Public transport
Taxis
Car insurance
Vehicle tax
Fuel (petrol/diesel/oil)
MOT and maintenance
Breakdown and recovery
Parking charges/tolls
Other

Other Expenses

Health (dentist/glasses)
Prescriptions
Repairs/house maintenance
Hairdressing
Cable/satellite/internet
TV/video/appliance rental
School meals/meals at work
Pocket money and school trips
Lottery and pools
Hobbies/leisure/sport
Gifts (Christmas/birthdays)
Vet bills and insurance
Other