Living with someone

healy

brendang wrote: »

hi,so does the fact that if you were to move in with your partner (who works full time and pays her own rent etc)mean that you will not be eligible for any form of ESA ,whether you are fit for the work or not or does it depend on if you are deemed unfit for work and therefore you qualify for the ESA(income based) support group side of things and therefore you will still be paid the weekly amount regardless of the fact that your partner works or am i wrong in thinking this,TIA

Income based ESA will not be paid when the partner works full time, they are treated as a couple for benefits purposes. Only NI credits would be paid.

brendang_2

hi,healy thanks for the reply so in effect regardless of the fact that one person in the relationship is unfit for work the couple have to survive on the working partners wage and no form of benefits will be paid to the unfit for work person at all if it is income based ESA the person claiming benefits was /is on,TIA

Oldernotwiser

brendang wrote: »

hi,healy thanks for the reply so in effect regardless of the fact that one person in the relationship is unfit for work the couple have to survive on the working partners wage and no form of benefits will be paid to the unfit for work person at all if it is income based ESA the person claiming benefits was /is on,TIA

This is the case for all means tested benefits, not just ESA. The fact that only one household will need to be maintained should ensure that nobody is worst off.

healy

brendang wrote: »

hi,healy thanks for the reply so in effect regardless of the fact that one person in the relationship is unfit for work the couple have to survive on the working partners wage and no form of benefits will be paid to the unfit for work person at all if it is income based ESA the person claiming benefits was /is on,TIA

That is correct, they would not receive income based ESA as they are a couple living together and are expected to support each other.

brendang_2

hi,is this also the case for people on IB or just people on ESA,because all these new rules have got me confused

sunnyone

brendang wrote: »

hi,is this also the case for people on IB or just people on ESA,because all these new rules have got me confused

Contributions based benefits are no affected by co-habiting in any way, its income based benefits that are affected.