benefit help urgently needed

impy1962

he does, in a small primary with almost full time 1-1, but will be going to a special school

merlin68

Why is she poor? With middle rate dla at £70 a week plus £100 tax credits and £20 child benefit and benefit rates don't change by the day they are set amounts per week. She should get back on carers allowance and then claim income support which would be another £70 a week. Thats £260 a week, hardly nothing to live on.

McKneff

Over £1000 a month, my god how much more does she want !!!!!!.

Indie_Kid

merlin68 wrote: »

Why is she poor? With middle rate dla at £70 a week plus £100 tax credits and £20 child benefit and benefit rates don't change by the day they are set amounts per week. She should get back on carers allowance and then claim income support which would be another £70 a week. Thats £260 a week, hardly nothing to live on.

Mid rate DLA is £47.10 per week.

alluring29

merlin68 wrote: »

Why is she poor? With middle rate dla at £70 a week plus £100 tax credits and £20 child benefit and benefit rates don't change by the day they are set amounts per week. She should get back on carers allowance and then claim income support which would be another £70 a week. Thats £260 a week, hardly nothing to live on.

With one child, her tax credits would be about £50 a week.

bestpud

merlin68 wrote: »

Why is she poor? With middle rate dla at £70 a week plus £100 tax credits and £20 child benefit and benefit rates don't change by the day they are set amounts per week. She should get back on carers allowance and then claim income support which would be another £70 a week. Thats £260 a week, hardly nothing to live on.

Where did you get those figures from as most are wrong!

Indie_Kid

alluring29 wrote: »

With one child, her tax credits would be about £50 a week.

it's more with the disability premium.

alluring29

sh1305 wrote: »

it's more with the disability premium.

Child Tax Credit - £ per year (unless stated)
Rates and Thresholds
April 2009
April 2010
Child Tax Credit Family element
£545 £545
Family element, baby addition
£545 £545
Child element
£2,235 £2,300
Disabled child element
£2,670 £2,715
Severely disabled child element
£1,075 £1,095

Jowo_2

impy1962 wrote: »

(M.E. or possibly M.s) ..

Where is she in the diagnosis process and when is it likely to be confirmed? Here are some support organisations for her. She should consider if she qualifies for DLA by looking at the care and mobility criteria, get her to contact a disability rights organisation who can advise her with this.

http://www.afme.org.uk/default.asp

http://www.mssociety.org.uk/about_ms/first_questions/diagnosing_ms.html

Get her to put her details into the Entitled To (turn 2 us) website which will calculate the benefits for her.

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

Does her ex partner pay any CSA to her? This won't affect her benefits.

What is she currently paying towards her debts each week?

Is she getting full Council Tax discount and housing benefit (local housing allowance) or does she have to top these up out of her benefits? or does she own her place instead of renting it?

She should be receiving at the very least approx £65 per week ESA, £20 child benefit, plus £47 DLA, then some tax credits, too. Depending on the level tax credits, she may be getting at least £180 per week even without carers allowance or income support so this should not be a struggle to pay household bills (hence my query about debts, topping up her rent above the LHA limit, etc).

merlin68

You get a premium on tax credits with a disabled child. I have 2 kids one dissabled and get £170 a week. Ok i got the dla ammount wrong but the rest is ok.