Form
Budgeting Loan claim form
Use this form to apply for a Budgeting Loan.
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If you cannot print the form, you can:
- get a copy from your nearest Jobcentre Plus
- phone the Social Fund and ask for a form to be posted to you
You can also apply for a Budgeting Loan online.
Where to send the form
You can post the completed form to us or take it to your nearest Jobcentre Plus.
The postal address depends on where you live.
Use the Freepost address for your area. You do not need to use a postcode or a stamp.
London, the South and South East, North East and North West England
Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS
West Midlands, South West England and Scotland
Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 1
East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, East Anglia and Essex
Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 2
Wales
For Cwmbran, Newport and postcodes CF3, 5, 10-11, 14-15, 23-24, 31-48, 61-64, 71-72, 81-83, LD7, LL and SY:
Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 1
For postcodes CF4, 6-9, 12-13, 16-22, 25-30, 49-60, 65-70, 73-80, LD1-6, LD8 and SA:
Freepost DWP BUDGETING LOANS 2
More information
Go to www.gov.uk/budgeting-loans to find out:
- who can get a Budgeting Loan
- how to contact the Social Fund about your claim
Last updated 9 January 2020 + show all updates
- Uploaded new Welsh SF500 forms.
- Published October 2019 versions of the English interactive and English print claim forms.
- Updated the June 2019 versions of the English forms.
- Replaced the Welsh forms with June 2019 versions.
- Published June versions of the English interactive, English print and Welsh print claim forms.
- Published Welsh versions of the April 2019 edition of the form.
- Updated the English Budgeting Loan claim forms with the April 2019 versions.
- Added revised versions of the interactive forms (English and Welsh) which should be filled in on screen, printed and signed with a pen. Also added a link to apply online for a Budgeting Loan, and information about alternative ways to request a form and submit completed forms.
- Added interactive Budgeting Loan claims forms (SF500) in English and Welsh.
- Updated addresses for where to send Budgeting Loan claim forms.
- Published December 2015 versions of the form with changes to some questions and question order.
- First published.