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How benefits are calculated

What is considered when you make a claim for Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction - for example bedroom entitlement, your savings and non-dependant deductions.

War pensions

We currently disregard 100% of War Disablement and War Widows Pension income in the calculation of Housing Benefit entitlement.

This is allowed under Section 134 (8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and is mainly funded by the government.

For more details, read our Housing Benefit war pension disregard policy.