Disputing a benefit decision
If you are unhappy with a decision made about your benefit claim you can usually challenge it. The ways in which you can challenge a decision vary according to the benefit in question.
Our
describes what you need to do to challenge a decision. It covers issues such as:- time limits
- how to ask for a reconsideration of a decision
- how to appeal a decision
- how to prepare for a hearing
- what to do at the hearing
- how to take a case further if it is unsuccessful at a hearing
Contact us
- Welfare Rights
- welfare.rights@durham.gov.uk
- 03000 268 968
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Our address is:
- Revenues and Benefits
- PO Box 254
- Stanley
- County Durham
- United Kingdom
- DH8 1GG
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