Social Security Law CD-ROM

Ferret’s Social Security Law is a comprehensive electronic encyclopaedia of social security and child support legislation, precedent, guidance and commentary.

Fully searchable using a step by step approach, or word or phrase search, it is a very powerful tool enabling quick and easy access to a huge amount and variety of information. It is extensively hyperlinked for cross reference and can save considerable search and updating time plus physical space compared with paper records. Information can easily be extracted and compiled into a separate documents to meet user requirements.

The final archived version of the Social Security Law CD provides an open ended licence to a wealth of current and historic full text case-law up to the introduction of the Welfare Reform Act in 2012.

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Contents

Legislation

• The Law Relating to Social Security
• The Law Relating to Child Support
• Statutory Instruments as issued, 1987 to 2013
• Social Security Acts as issued 1992 to date

Precedent

1000s of Commissioner’s decisions and court cases including:

• Reported decisions from 1987 to 2013, with some earlier decisions of interest.
• Unreported decisions, including a large selection of starred decisions, from 1987 to 2103 many which are not available online

Guidance

• Adjudication Officers’ Guide
• AOG Memos and Letters
• Decision Makers Guide (DMG)
• DMG Memos – Current and Archive
• WFTC.DPTC Decision Makers Guide
• Child Support Adjudication Guide (CSAG)
• CSAG Memos and Letters
• Child Support Decision Makers Guide
• Neligan’s Digest of Commissioners Decisions
• Social Fund Guide
• Social Fund Independent Review Service Material
• HB/CTB Circulars
• Housing Benefit Guidance Manual
• Housing Benefit Local Housing Allowance Guidance Manual
• HB/CTB Subsidy Guidance Manual 2000/2001
• HB/CTB – A Guide to the New Tax Credits
• Tax Credits Technical Manual
• Council Tax Benefit Take-up: A Best Practice Guide

Commentary

• Benefit Rates Figures from 2001 to 2011
• Material on Charging Issues:
• Charging for residential accommodation
• Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and other non-residential Social Services
• Supporting People administrative guidance

The SSL CD delivers easy access to an extensive digital archive of welfare benefits related literature and is a powerful tool for advisers, students, researchers, librarians and academics.

A full, perpetual licence to this extensive body of valuable material is available for a one off cost of only £39 (+VAT), or £95 (+VAT) for a server installation.

Purchase your copy now by emailing your order directly to sales@ferret.co.uk, or contact us for more information on 029 2064 3333.