Apply for benefits
You can apply for
- Council Tax Support
- Housing Benefit
- Second Adult Rebate (Pension Age customers only)
by using our online form. Click the button below to make a claim online.
Apply by email or post
To apply for benefits by email or post, download the PDF forms below and send them to:
- Email hdc-benefits@milton-keynes.gov.uk
- Post Horsham Revenues & Benefits, PO Box 10745, Nottingham, NG6 6ED
Related Files
Required evidence
The following evidence will be required for you and your household, if applicable.
Only original documents can be used as evidence for proof of identity.
- Passport
- Driving licence
- Birth certificate
- National Insurance card
- Marriage certificate
- Divorce papers
- EU Identity card
- Utility bill (dated within 1 month of the date of claim)
For properties rented from a private landlord or housing association:
- Current signed tenancy agreement
- Rent Book or proof of rent payments made
- Contact us for a landlord statement, which must be completed and signed by your landlord
We need to see one of the following:
- 5 weekly payslips
- 3 fortnightly payslips or
- 2 monthly payslips
If you cannot provide these, you can ask your employer to complete an earnings certificate
If you are self-employed you will need to send in your most recent profit and loss accounts. Please also complete one of the following forms.
We will need to see:
- your award notice, showing what benefit you receive
- how much you receive
- dates of your entitlement
We will need to see evidence of all bank/building society accounts, savings, capital and investments.
This can be:
- two months’ consecutive statements – these need to be your most recent statements
- passbooks or certificates
Please provide up to date detailed invoices or ask your childcare provider to complete a childcare costs form .
For us to take these costs into account, you must be:
- working at least 16 hours per week, or receiving Statutory Sick Pay or Statutory Maternity Pay
- using a registered childcare provider
Proof of your National Insurance number must be provided on an official document. This includes items such as a wage-slip or letter from the Department for Work and Pensions.
Related Files
- Childcare Form (PDF File, 136.6 KB)
- Employed Earners Form (PDF File, 184.8 KB)
- Self Employed Earners Form (PDF File, 243.1 KB)
- Self Employed Earners Estimate Form (PDF File, 199.9 KB)
If you do not have all your evidence
If you are unable to provide all the evidence needed to support your claim, please complete and return the form to us with what you have available. Let us know you will be sending in further information later – this will stop your claim from being delayed.
Normally we allow up to one month to send in everything required.
Make a claim for backdated benefits
If you would like to make a claim for backdated benefit, you must put your request in writing.
Generally, when you make a new claim for Housing and/or Council Tax Support we can pay from the Monday following the date we received your claim. In some cases, we can pay benefit from an earlier date, this is called backdating.
Claims for housing benefit can only be backdated for 1 month for working age claimants. Pensioner claims can be backdated for up to 3 months.
Claims for Council Tax Support can be backdated up to 6 months.
Good cause must be shown in all cases.
You can email your request for backdating to hdc-benefits@milton-keynes.gov.uk. You must include:
- the date you wish your claim to be backdated to
- your reasons for not making your application at the correct time
- evidence to support your request, if appropriate