Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

Benefits

Benefit calculator

Find out if you are eligible for benefits payments towards the cost of your Council Tax or Housing costs. Use the on-line benefits calculator below to give you an instant appraisal of the amounts of benefits you could be due.

Benefit fraud

The Council is committed to the prevention and detection of benefit fraud and has stringent measures in place to catch benefit cheats. See here for details of how to report someone who you suspect is claiming benfits which they are not entitled to so that our Benefit Fraud Team can investigate and take action.

Council Tax benefit

Find out if you are entitled to help paying your Council Tax bill, and if so how to make a claim and how that claim will be dealt with.

Housing benefit

If you are claiming benefits or are working but earning a low wage you may be eligible for help paying your weekly or monthly rent. See these pages for more information about how to claim housing benefit.

Links to other benefits and sources of advice

See this page for a list of websites which give information about other benefits that are available, as well as contact details for local agencies that can offer independent help and advice.