Benefits advice and assessment
Your family could benefit.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit - more help for families.
From 2nd November 2009, the government introduced a rule change for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, which means more families will entitled to help with paying their Rent and Council Tax.
Child Benefit is no longer counted as household income when the council calculates Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit entitlement. So people who have narrowly missed out on help in the past may now find that they are entitled to awards of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.
To see if you qualify, drop in to speak to an adviser at the Advice Shop, South Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 1TS
Advice shop services: The Advice Shop can help you with checking that your current benefits are correct, advising you what benefits to claim and how to claim them, form filling, taking your claim further if you have been refused a benefit and representation at tribunal. The Advice Shop also offers advice on employment problems and problems with debt and advisers are available to discuss a range of advice, including welfare advice matters.
There is no fee involved for any assistance from the Advice Shop (new window).
Advice Shop contact details:
Bathgate Partnership Centre,
South Bridge Street,
Bathgate,
EH48 1TS
Telephone - 01506 283000 (main Advice Shop number) or 01506 776800 (for housing or council tax benefit information)
Fax - 01506 283029
Opening times:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 9.00-5.00, and Friday - 9.00-4.00
Housing Benefit helps people on low incomes with their rent. There are two kinds of Housing Benefit - Rent Rebate for council tenants and Rent Allowance for private tenants.
Council Tax Benefit helps people on low incomes to pay their Council Tax. In West Lothian these benefits are administered by the council's Revenues Unit.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are national welfare benefits which are administered by Local Authorities on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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