Operational guidance concerning Payments on Accout of Benefit ("POAOB")
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
DMG Memo 6/13 at paragraphs 6 and 8 refers to "operational guidance" issued to DWP staff concerning the making and recovery of payments on account of benefit.
Please provide copies of this guidance and any other guidance issued to Decision Makers in respect of "short-term advances" etc.
Many thanks
Yours faithfully,
Martin Williams
Child Poverty Action Group
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