HB Question

maria6259

Ettenna wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies.

I was asking the question because she gets everything in her own right because of her son. We don't get anything for her at all yet we still have to pay out for her. As I said above, I know nothing about the benefits system with regard to HB, etc. I understand that she would get HB if she was in her own place but I just wondered how it worked if she was still at home.

Why should you get anything for her? Presumably she is an adult. My daughter and two year old granddaughter lived with me for 4 years and daughter always paid her way when on benefits (I think it was £40 per week at the time) and studied at college. Can't say that I made a profit but wouldn't have wanted to anyway, I did it all gladly, knowing that she was trying to improve her situation. She now has a part time job, lives with her partner and is totally independent from me. As family it's our job to look after our own not expect the government, who are already paying Income Support and other benefits to single mothers to start giving (grand)parents money to support their grown up children.