Claimant Self Service

 

NEW Online Benefit Enquiry Service
 
The Benefits service is now able to provide all claimants with an online enquiry system.
 
This self service enquiry system provides a claimant access to information about their housing benefit. Information includes details about the claim, for example weekly entitlement, payment details and invoices.
 
Users are provided with a secure login that complies with BS7799 to ensure that the confidentiality of information is not breached.
 
  • View details of housing benefit and council tax benefit awards
  • Look at the details used to calculate the awards
  • Review history of payments and invoices received
  • View overpayments
 
We have already received the following positive feedback regarding our self service tools:
 
"Great idea ...on line enquiry service."
 
"What a brilliant tool!  I have been waiting for something like this for 10 years. Well done to everyone involved."
 
 

How to sign-up

 
To use this facility please send an e-mail to request your PIN and provide all of the following information:-
 
  1. Your full name,
  2. Your current home address where you are claiming benefit,
  3. Your National Insurance Number and / or your Date of Birth 
  4. Your nine digit benefit claim reference
          (this can be found on the top of the letters we have sent to you about your benefit and begins with a 2).
 
We will then post to you your secure Personal Identification Number (PIN) and details of the web address (URL) you will need to log-in and access this facility. For security reasons the PIN will not be issued by email and we will use the postal address we have registered for the benefit claim.
 
If the above link does not generate the e-mail for you please send your request to ltbsystems@peterborough.gov.uk, with a subject line of 'Benefits Online PIN request', and confirm the information listed above in the body of the e-mail message.
 

Existing Users

If you have already signed up to the online Service, and you have your Claim Reference and security PIN, you can use the following link to log in.
 
Go to the Log In page here >>>: Online Benefit Enquiry Service.
 
 
Important information - Saving a link into your Favourites
Please note - if you wish to save a URL link into your browser as a favourite, please save this page into your favourites. You may experience errors with your connection or log in if you try and save the Log in screen as your favourite.
 
 
Online Self Service system maintenance:
 
Please check here, before you contact us, for details of any maintenance should there be problems connecting to the service.
 
Current information: There is no planned maintenance that should affect this service at the moment.
 
We apologies for any inconvenience caused by any maintenance work.
Peterborough City Council. Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1QT - (01733) 747474 - DX12310 Peterborough 1