PRISONERS

Prisoners and benefits

LDPB0110       10.00am – 4.30pm      26 January 2011
LDPB0111       10.00am – 4.30pm      25 January 2012

This course covers the benefit rights of different types of prisoners and the rights of their partners including:

• disqualification or suspension while on remand or in custody;
• paying for the normal home while in prison (housing benefit, council tax benefit, help with mortgage interest payments);
• benefit entitlement on release, including the social fund.

Delegates must have a good grounding of benefit knowledge.

Level Standard
Tutor Barbara Alexander
CPD hours 5
NOS LA49

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