How much I/S will I get?

paulcornwall

Could someone please give me a indication of the amount of IS i will receive with the following criteria:

I'm a Carer for my mum (receiving carers allowance)
I have a partner
I have one dependant (23 months old)
No savings etc
No other income aprt from Housing Benefit.

I understand you cant give a exact figure but could someone give a rough idea how much we should expect?

Many thanks Paul

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paulcornwall wrote: »

Could someone please give me a indication of the amount of IS i will receive with the following criteria:

I'm a Carer for my mum (receiving carers allowance)
I have a partner
I have one dependant (23 months old)
No savings etc
No other income aprt from Housing Benefit.

I understand you cant give a exact figure but could someone give a rough idea how much we should expect?

Many thanks Paul

Hi Paul,does your partner live with you and if so does she have an income?
If you claim I/S your carers allowance will effectively be halved,you say you only have H/B as income,no child benefit or child tax credits?
I`m afraid we need far more info to give you answers or you could try entitled to

healy

Probably the best thing to do is to enter your details into the following website:

http://www.entitledto.com/

paulcornwall

My partner lives with me and has no income. I forgot we get child benefit and child tax credit......doh!

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healy wrote: »

Probably the best thing to do is to enter your details into the following website:

http://www.entitledto.com/

thanks healy I forgot to put the link in:beer:

healy

woodbine wrote: »

thanks healy I forgot to put the link in:beer:

I didnt see that you had posted before me! Great minds and all that!!

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paulcornwall wrote: »

My partner lives with me and has no income. I forgot we get child benefit and child tax credit......doh!

then you will get I/S as a couple(around £90 per week)continue to get c/b and ctc,also full council tax benefit,do you own your home or rent it and if rented is it council or private?if rented you will get H/B or LHA
I/S also gets you free dental treatment,free prescriptions,free eye test plus voucher towards glasses

paulcornwall

Tried entitled and the figure seems very low around 70 ish pounds per week. ??

~Chameleon~

It also depends on both your ages as different rates are applicable.

lil_me

Your partner may need to claim JSA for you both, then of course they would deduct the CA from that and add the CA premium. CTC would be payable for the infant so £70 ish per week sounds about right (couples allowance, minus Carers allowance, plus the CA premium)

lighton

paulcornwall wrote: »

Tried entitled and the figure seems very low around 70 ish pounds per week. ??

I dont know if i/s is same as j/s we got 72 a week j/s and 50ish carers j/s was reduced due to carers but we got to keep carers