Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction
If you submitted an application for Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction you agreed to the following
- If I give information that is incorrect or incomplete, you may take action against me. This may include court action.
- You will use the information that I have provided to process my claim for Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax support.
- You may check some of the information with other sources as allowed by the law.
- You may use the information in connection with this and any other claim for DWP benefits that I have made or may make.
- You may use the information in connection with this and any other claim for Social Security Scotland benefits that I have made or may make.
- You may use my details to consider council tax liability at my address and to make sure I get the correct Council Tax discount.
- You will use the information that I have provided and share it with other Council departments to check or prove my entitlement to other benefits, grants and services.
- You may give some information to other organisations, such as government departments, local authorities and private sector companies such as banks, organisations that may lend me money and companies that assist you in fraud detection and prevention such as credit reference agencies, if the law allows this.
- I know I must let City of Edinburgh know immediately of any changes in my circumstances that might affect my claim. If I do not tell City of Edinburgh and I am paid too much benefit I know that the council will ask me to pay it back.
- I am happy to give the personal details required for processing this form.
For more information about how we store your data and how you can request your right to withdraw consent to use your personal data later read our Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction and Discretionary Housing Payment privacy notice (PDF)
If you made a claim for Council Tax Reduction as part of your application for Universal Credit you made a similar declaration to the Department for Work and Pensions allowing them to share your information with us and to allow us to access and store your personal information in order to assess your entitlement to Council Tax Reduction.