Isle of Wight Council

HOUSING BENEFIT PAYMENTS

A new method of payment is now available when you receive Housing Benefit from the Isle of Wight Council Your Benefit payments can now be paid direct to your bank account by means of BACS, which is well established and proven system operated by the Clearing Banks through BACS Limited. This means of payment removes the possibility of cheques being delayed or lost in the post and you are saved the trouble of paying cheques into the bank. Bank clearing time-lags are also eliminated, as cleared funds are available in your bank account the same day that our account is debited. If you wish to take advantage of this method of payment, please complete and sign the form below and return it to the Revenues Section, Council Offices, Broadway, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 9EA. You will be notified of the date of the first payment through BACS and until that time any benefit to which you are entitled will be paid by the current method.

Your Details

*	Benefit reference
*	Forename
	Middle name/Initials
*	Surname

*	Building/house name/number
*	Street address
*	Town name
	County
*	Postcode

Payees Bank Details

If payments are to be made to your landlord please provide their details:

*	Forename
*	Surname

*	Building/house name/number
*	Street address
*	Town name
	County
*	Postcode
*	Sort code (this is found on the top right of your cheque book)
*	Bank account number (this can be found at the bottom of your cheques)

Signature

Please print this form and fill this section in by hand before returning your form to the address below.

*

I confirm that I wish my Housing Benefit payment to be made direct to my/my landlord's bank account

Signed............................................................... Name................................................................ Date..................................................................

If you would like more information or advice on how to complete this form please telephone us on: 01983 823950 Completed applications forms should be returned to: Isle of Wight Council, Housing & Council Tax Benefit, Council Offices, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 9EA Or in person at any of our local offices We will endeavour to process your application within 9 working days

	Data Protection Act 1998
	This application may be monitored by the Isle of Wight Council for regulatory, quality control or crime detection purposes. Information from this application will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purpose of processing your particular enquiry/request. The Isle of Wight Council ("the Council") is the data controller. By completing this form you consent to the Council contacting you by email or nominated contact method in relation to your enquiry/request. The information contained in this application may, in exceptional circumstances, be subject to disclosure to third parties under either the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the extent the law allows and in accordance with the Isle of Wight Council's Access to Information Policy . Disclosure will only be made where in all the circumstances it would be fair to do so and in the public interest. Please note that the Council may process your information in the absence of consent for the purpose of crime prevention or detection so far as is in accordance with the law. Sometimes we may use your information to keep you informed about services, goods or relevant issues that we believe may be of interest to you. If you wish to receive this information for these purposes please tick this box To improve the quality of other services that we provide to you the Council wishes to hold your non-sensitive personal information on a secure central database. This will enable all Council services to use this information when they are providing a service to/for you. If you wish your non-sensitive personal information to be held by the Council please tick this box

Date printed: 07/03/2013