Entitlement to housing benefit without having to make a fresh claim in changed circumstances is the subject matter of SoS FOR WORK AND PENSIONS v SC/MJ v BROMLEY LBC (2025) UKUT 299 (AAC). One of the entitlement conditions was presence in Great Britain. They were temporarily out of Great Britain, during which time the authorities ruled that the original benefit award was superseded (the supersession decision), which had the effect that their continuing benefit entitlement came to an end and required them to make a new claim on their return. The issue was whether there should have been a closed period supersession decision, applying only whilst they were outside Great Britain. The answer was: No.
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