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How your weekly entitlement is worked out

Your weekly entitlement is worked out by using the income used in calculation minus total applicable amount.

If the income used in calculation is more than the total applicable amount, your Housing Benefit entitlement will be reduced by a set amount of the difference. For every £1 difference, £0.65 is reduced from your weekly eligible rent.

Benefit Decision Notice

We send Benefit Decision Notice letters (BDN) to let you know how much Housing Benefit you are entitled to.

You can see an example of a letter to help you understand what it means along with the explanations below.

Explanations

Your weekly entitlement is - the amount you are allowed to receive per week based on your income and circumstances.

Minus weekly overpayment recovery of - this is the amount that will be deducted from your weekly entitlement if you have an outstanding overpayment that needs to be recovered.

You will be paid (weekly) - this is the weekly amount you will receive, which is your weekly entitlement minus any deduction to recover an overpayment.

Weekly gross rent is - this is your full weekly rent. (If your rent is charged monthly or four weekly, it will be converted to a weekly amount here)

Amount you must pay weekly - this is how much you will need to pay towards your rent to meet the payments of your weekly gross rent.

Your benefit starts on - this is the date your benefit has started from using the above entitlement.

Weekly eligible rent - this is the total amount of rent allowable for Housing Benefit.

• Some charges included in your gross rent may not be allowed for Housing Benefit payments such as heating, hot water or meals.
• If you rent from the Local Authority or a Housing Association, a deduction of either 14% or 25% may be taken from your gross rent here if your property is considered under-occupied.
• If you rent from a Private Landlord your allowable rent may show the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate, which is the amount allowed based upon the number of people in your household. If your rent is more than the LHA amount, it will be assessed using the LHA amount.

Weekly ineligible service charges - this will show the amount of any charges not allowed for Housing Benefit within your weekly rental charge such as heating, hot water or meals.

The first/next payment will be for - this is the amount of Housing Benefit that is due to be paid in the next payment.

This will be paid on - this will show the date of your first/next payment of Housing Benefit.

Payment will be made by - this will show how the payments will be made.

Future payments will be made - this will show the frequency of the Housing Benefit payments you will receive.

Non dependant deductions - non dependants are other adults aged over 18 years, who normally live with you. Depending on their income and circumstances they may be expected to make a contribution towards your rent. Your benefit will be reduced by this set amount.

Non Dependant Details - this will list the names of other adults aged over 18 years, who normally live with you, showing their gross weekly income and the deduction taken for each non dependant.

Financial Details - if you receive Jobseekers Allowance (Income based), Income Support,