separated what help entitled to please.

m4dh4tter

My Daughters Husband recently told my Daughter he no longer wants to be with her.
She has moved into my home along with my 2 year old Grandchild, she can live with me as long as she likes, so not looking to claim for housing or council tax benefit.
Please could someone advice what other Benefits my Daughter may be entitled to, living allowance or anything ?

She is not working at the moment and for the last several months has lived on very little, just drawing a little of the working tax credit they were entitled to as a couple. I have been helping her finantially but am unable to continue to do this long term.
She has applied for a couple of jobs recently but to be honest I dont think she's ready for work yet as she's still recovering from the shock of the Marriage break up, which came out of the blue.
She will be expecting money for their child from him but do not expect it to be much as he is a low earner.
Any advice would be much appreciated thank you.

sp1987

m4dh4tter wrote: »

My Daughters Husband recently told my Daughter he no longer wants to be with her.
She has moved into my home along with my 2 year old Grandchild, she can live with me as long as she likes, so not looking to claim for housing or council tax benefit.
Please could someone advice what other Benefits my Daughter may be entitled to, living allowance or anything ?

She is not working at the moment and for the last several months has lived on very little, just drawing a little of the working tax credit they were entitled to as a couple. I have been helping her finantially but am unable to continue to do this long term.
She has applied for a couple of jobs recently but to be honest I dont think she's ready for work yet as she's still recovering from the shock of the Marriage break up, which came out of the blue.
She will be expecting money for their child from him but do not expect it to be much as he is a low earner.
Any advice would be much appreciated thank you.

Just to bump you up to the top so someone else spots it and confirms (I'm not a single parent so could not be certain on amounts).

- Income Support for herself as she has a young child. When she is ready to go back into employment she can change over to Job seekers allowance.
- Child Tax Credits as a single person (make sure she cancels the joint claim she has with her ex)
- Child Benefit
- Money from the child's father (I think this affects the amount of income support she will receive if it is more than £20 per week but it will be disregarded after april this year; someone will confirm if I am right or wrong?).

I'm sure someone can give the exact amounts for these in the morning. If she has savings (over 6000) the amounts e.g. of income support will be affected.

DX2

Morning OP!
Your daughter needs to close down the joint tax credit claim and reapply as a single person. Everything else that sp1987 has mentioned seems spot on.

kingfisherblue

Another point to consider is the council tax - if you have been living alone and getting the single person's discount, you should inform the council tax department of the change in circumstances as soon as possible, as you could be liable to pay more CT.

karenx

Your daughter will lose the working tax credits part of tax credits when she claims as a single person again. But she will get income support. She should also apply for maintenance from the dad

Kimitatsu

- Income Support for herself as she has a young child. When she is ready to go back into employment she can change over to Job seekers allowance.
- Child Tax Credits as a single person (make sure she cancels the joint claim she has with her ex)
- Child Benefit
- Money from the child's father (I think this affects the amount of income support she will receive if it is more than £20 per week but it will be disregarded after april this year; someone will confirm if I am right or wrong?).

Spot on - she can stay on income support currently until her daughter is 12 then she will be moved over to JSA if she has not found work. She amy also be entitled to healthy start vouchers which are worth up to about £11 a week (cant remember what age they go up to though)

As DX2 has said she needs to close down the tax credits claim and restart as a single person, husband may no longer be entitled to WTC as they are no longer a coulpe. HMRC likes to be informed of any changes within 30 days so if she has moved out of the family home longer than that there may be some arrears to pay back - these will be divided between the two of them and they can take them out at a nominal rate from any award.

CSA payments are all disregarded for the purpose of benefit calculations from April this year, she does not have to go through the CSA she can make a private arrangement if she is happier with that. For one child though she is entitled to 15% of her husbands net income (after tax and national insurance)

When your grandaughter is 3 she will be eligible for free nursery places, so even if your daughter does not feel ready to go back to work, maybe she might want to look at retraining or taking a course? If she is on IS, or a means tested benefit then she will be entitled to a very reduced rate.

m4dh4tter

Thank you very much everyone for your excellent support and advice.
It great news that she will recieve some help financially.
Long term plans are that she will go back to work and support herself & Child.

Thank you

missmontana

Kimitatsu wrote: »

Spot on - she can stay on income support currently until her daughter is 12 then she will be moved over to JSA if she has not found work.

Its now gone down to 7 yrs of age.

SuziQ

Its now gone down to 7 yrs of age.

I have been told by letter that this doesn't come into force until October 2010-certainly I am still on IS and my son is 8.

alwaysonthego_2

missmontana wrote: »

Its now gone down to 7 yrs of age.

Not until October (I think), it is currently 10 years.

SuziQ

When the changes will happen

These changes are being phased in over three years:

• from 24 November 2008, if your youngest child was aged 12 or over, your Income Support may have already stopped during that year if you were only claiming it because you are a lone parent
• from 26 October 2009, if your youngest child is aged ten or over, or will be ten in the next year, your Income Support may stop during that year if you are only claiming it because you are a lone parent
• from 25 October 2010, if your youngest child is aged seven or over, or will be seven in the next year, your Income Support may stop during that year if you are only claiming it because you are a lone parent