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In this section you can find information on how to apply for the following benefits:
Direct Payments for Care and Services
Free Milk for Disabled Children
Medical Costs for War Pensioners
Vehicle Excise Duty (Car Tax) Exemption
Attendance Allowance
Get form here
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/claimforms/aa1a_print.pdf
Blue Badge Parking Scheme
Your local Authority is responsible for issuing Blue Badges.
To find the contact details of your local Authority
Blue Badge holders are also exempt from London Congestion Charges, but you must register with Transport for London before travelling. Download the "Blue Badge Discount Form"
Christmas Bonus
You don’t need to claim Christmas Bonus – you'll get it automatically. If you think you qualify for the payment but haven’t got it, speak to the Jobcentre Plus or pension centre that deals with your payments.
Direct Payments for Care and Services
If you already get services, ask your local council about direct payments.
If you are applying for services for the first time, your social worker should discuss the direct payments option with you when they assess your care needs.
Find your local council
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Dl1/Directories/LocalCouncils/fs/en
Disability Living Allowance
Download a claim form to print at home
You can also download a claim form to complete on your computer and print off, or to print off and fill in using a pen. Each form comes with notes that will help you fill it in and tell you where to send it. In either case, the date of the claim will be established as the date on which it is received by your local office.
Download a form for people aged 16 and over.
Download a form for people who are under the age of 16.
Download a claim form to complete on your computer
You can complete a claim form on your computer for a person aged 16 or over from the Department for Work and Pensions website.
We recommend that you save the form on your computer before completing it: to do this simply right click with your mouse on the link below and choose the 'Save Target As' option. (You cannot save the form once you’ve opened it in an internet browser.)
Once you’ve completed the form, you can print and sign it. (Please note that the on-screen forms do not apply in Northern Ireland).
Download the claim form to complete on your computer for people who are 16 and over
Download the claim form to complete on your computer for people who are under 16
Disabled Facilities Grants
Get form here
Disabled Student's Allowances
Guide to Disabled Students Allowances
Application form
Application Guidance
Free Milk for Disabled Children
You can ask for claim form FW20 when you contact the Disability Benefits Unit.
When you complete and return form FW20, the Disability Benefits Unit might contact your doctor or hospital doctor who diagnosed your child's physical or mental disability.
Call the Blackpool Disability Benefits Unit to ask for free Welfare milk for your disabled child on: 01253 337 871 or 0845 712 34 56, textphone 01253 33 7985.
Incapacity Benefit
Get form here
Independent Living Funds
Get form here
Medical Costs for War Pensioners
The Veterans Agency can help with your application. They will need your full name and National Insurance number. Call the Veterans Agency helpline 0800 169 2277.
Severe Disablement Allowance
You can't make a new claim for Severe Disablement Allowance. But if you’ve been getting the allowance before April 2001 - you'll continue to receive it.
Vaccine Damage Payment
Download Form
http://www.direct.gov.uk/assetRoot/10/02/55/83/10025583.pdf
Download Guidance Notes
http://www.direct.gov.uk/assetRoot/10/02/55/84/10025584.pdf
Vehicle Excise Duty (Car Tax) Exemption
Step one: get an exemption certificate
If you’re getting Disability Living Allowance, you’ll need exemption certificate DLA 404 from the Disability Benefits Unit on 0845 712 3456, textphone 0845 722 44 33 (7.30 am to 6.30 pm Monday to Friday).
If you’re getting the War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement, you’ll need exemption certificate WPA 442 from the Veterans Agency on 0800 169 2277 (8.15 am to 5.15 pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.15 am to 4.15 pm on Fridays).
If you have a nominated driver, you must ask for their name to appear on the exemption certificate as well.
If you have an adapted car for a disabled person, you don’t need an exemption certificate.
Note: From 1st January 2006, exemption certificates will no longer be issued to Motability contract hire customers. This is because Motability dealers will arrange to register and license contract hire vehicles for you. Motability will hold the vehicle’s Registration Certificate (V5C) for the duration of the contract. When your vehicle tax is due for renewal each year they will send the new tax disc directly to you. It is therefore important that you let Motability know when you change your address.
Step two: use your exemption certificate to apply for a free tax disc
If you’re buying a new car, you can apply for a free tax disc through the dealer. You’ll need to give them your exemption certificate but make sure you get it back afterwards.
If you already have the vehicle’s registration certificate V5C, you can apply for a free disc at the Post Office®. You’ll need to complete form V10 (Vehicle Licence Application) and take your MOT and insurance paperwork as well.
If you only have the ‘New Keepers’ part of the registration certificate V5C/2, you need to apply for a disc at your nearest Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Local Office. (The V5C/2 is only valid for two months from the date you bought the car).
You’ll need to take or send forms:
nV62 (Application Form for a Vehicle Registration Certificate V5C);
nV10 (Vehicle Licence Application);
nyour MOT; and
ninsurance certificate.
Download V62 (Application Form for a Vehicle Registration Certificate V5C) (PDF document, 357K)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/05/09/04010509.pdf
Download V10 Vehicle Licence Application form (PDF document, 176K)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/assetRoot/10/01/37/59/10013759.pdf
War Disablement Pension
Get form here
Warm Front Scheme
If you live in Eastern England, East Midlands, Yorkshire or Humber, call Powergen Warm Front application line 0800 952 1555.
Warm Front grant - Powergen website
For the rest of England call EAGA Partnership Warm Front 0800 316 2808.
Warm Front grant - EAGA Partnership website
http://www.direct.gov.uk/ExternalLink?EXTERNAL_LINK=http%3A//www.eaga.co.uk/Grants/index.html
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