| answer text |
<p>Housing Benefit provisions permit local authorities to disregard beyond the standard
disregard of £10 a week the whole or part of any war disablement pensions, war widow’s
pensions, war widower’s pensions and guaranteed income payments under the Armed Forces
and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Most local authorities operate
a disregard scheme, but as they meet the costs it is a matter for each authority to
decide the extent of the disregards they operate.</p><p> </p><p>There are no special
provisions in Housing Benefit specifically for veterans under the age of 25, therefore
the information requested is not available.</p><p> </p>
|
 |
