Child Maintainance no longer affects Income Support??

lauren_1

I just got a letter and i really hope its not a april fools joke, but after april 12th 2010 i will get the full £65.45 a week instead of £11.68 every fortnight!

Im so pleased.

munchings-n-crunchings

It's correct. From the 12th April, child support payments are disregarded in full, not just the first £20 as it currently is.

Regards

Munchie

MrsBartolozzi

I was told at the job centre yesterday that this also applies for JSA (after 12th April). I can't see anything online which mentions this. Is it true?

DX2

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

I was told at the job centre yesterday that this also applies for JSA (after 12th April). I can't see anything online which mentions this. Is it true?

DX2 wrote: »

In addition, from April 2010, child maintenance will be fully disregarded when calculating all out-of-work benefits. This will allow parents with the main day-to-day care to keep every penny of their child maintenance payments, where maintenance is paid.
http://www.childmaintenance.org/en/childsupport/benefits.html

Can't understand why people think it's not true. I really don't think the DWP partake in any form of jokes.

MrsBartolozzi

Thanks DX2, I didn't mean that I expected it to be a joke or something. The woman I spoke to yesterday managed to make several mistakes when passing my details onto someone else so she could easily have mixed up with what I could apply for. I thought maybe she'd assumed I'd apply for IS. That and the fact that when I googled I didn't see JSA mentioned explicitly, that's why I asked.

Is there some kind of cuttoff point eg if maintenance is £100 per week for instance?

DX2

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

Is there some kind of cuttoff point eg if maintenance is £100 per week for instance?

I haven't come across any cut off point, I know it sounds too good to be true!

MrsBartolozzi

DX2 wrote: »

I haven't come across any cut off point, I know it sounds too good to be true!

Wow!
(needed cos message too short)

lauren_1

DX2 wrote: »

I haven't come across any cut off point, I know it sounds too good to be true!

It does sound too good to be true, jumping for £5 odd a week to full rate £65 odd is a very large amount for me, Thats why I questioned it, given the date.

DX2

lauren_1 wrote: »

It does sound too good to be true, jumping for £5 odd a week to full rate £65 odd is a very large amount for me, Thats why I questioned it, given the date.

Why did you only get a fiver a week? It was £10 pw then it went to £20 per week without it affecting your IS.

karenx

maybe the father is on jsa etc so only gets assesed at £5

lauren_1

Quote:
Originally Posted by lauren_1
It does sound too good to be true, jumping for £5 odd a week to full rate £65 odd is a very large amount for me, Thats why I questioned it, given the date.

Why did you only get a fiver a week? It was £10 pw then it went to £20 per week without it affecting your IS.

I get £5 Income support a week because its reduced by my CM.