This page contains links to various publications available from the Welfare Rights Service that you are able to download, including advice guides, benefit information leaflets and rates, and research relating to advice needs in the City.

Advice Strategies ;

In 2000, as part of the Best Value Review of the Welfare Rights Service a mapping exercise was carried out of the need for various sorts of advice services. This was mapped by wards across both the City of Nottingham and the Greater Nottingham conurbation. This was compared with information gathered from agencies to show the residential origin, ethnic background and nature of advice sought. Nineteen agencies from the public and not for profit sectors in the City of Nottingham participated in this research.

The report - "Advice Services in Nottingham - An Analysis of need and supply" - was published. This included full colour maps and graphs showing service user residential location and nature of enquiry. A few copies of this report are still available.

A copy of the Best Value Review of the Welfare Rights Service is available here.

Best Value Review of the Social Services Welfare Rights Service 5th July 2001

In 2005 it was decided to commission a further review of advice provision in Nottingham. This was to look at funding of advice services, advice capacity, quality of advice and equality issues. This was with a view to developing a long term strategy for advice services in Nottingham.

Michael Ball Associates (MBA) were commissioned to carry out this work. The resultant report "A Strategy for Advice Services in Nottingham", was published in September 2005. A copy of this report is available here.

Advice needs in the City of Nottingham

Our Publications

Benefit Rates 2006-2007

Benefit Rates 2005-2006

Advice Guide

Disability Living Allowance for people with Learning Difficulties

This is an excellent guide on how to complete the DLA application form, whether making a first application, renewal or asking for an increase.

It will also help you to understand some of the questions if you have other difficulties.

Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for people with dual diagnosis.

This looks at making applications for Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for people affected by alcoholism or drug dependency. It is written mainly to help people with an understanding of making claims for these benefits using relevant case law etc.

Housing Benefit flowchart

This maps the decision making route of an application for housing benefit.

Benefits and Accession Countries

This guidance looks at how people arriving to the UK, or already in the UK, from the 10 EU Accession countries will be treated by the benefit system and the potential impact for the Social Services Department.

If you experience any problems accessing PDF Documents on this page,  help is available from our Accessibility Page

The imapct of the Civil Partnership Act on Social Security Benefits and Tax Credits