Income Support and Benefits eligibility

uggs_outlet

i think it depends on how much you earn to whether you can claim IS when working less than 16 hours.

calleyw

Peas wrote: »

not with the hefty mortgage i have to pay. i dont want to end up selling the house.

I know this going to sound harsh and rude because you are not going to like it. As I know you are going through a tough time at the moment.

But sadly that is your problem and not for benefits or the DWP to pay for a life style that you can no longer fund because your husband has left you.

Your Husband should be paying child support or at least the half the mortgage for you. Until the house can be sold and a more suitable and affordable property to be found.

The benefits you are entitled to are Working Tax credits and Child Tax credits and Child benefit.

All the best.

Yours

Calley

RAS

Please go to www.entitledto.com and you will get an idea of your entitlements.

Why have you not got onto the CSA to chase your husbamnd for maintenance - you will get 15% of his income?

Oldernotwiser

KxMx wrote: »

£13.5k is a fortune for any number of hours, let alone 16! You can easily manage on that.

Don't be silly!

Oldernotwiser

Peas wrote: »

I had a very wealthy husband and every expense i had prior to our split was paid for by him despite the abuse i suffered.

Then why isn't he contributing to the upkeep of his child?

diddlydum

£13,500 is a good wage for part-time but a rubbish wage for full time.

To explain how income support works:

The DWP will look at your 'personal allowance', which is how much the law says you need to live on. For a single person over the age of 25 this is currently £65.45 per week.

The DWP will then look at your savings- if you have over £16,000 savings you are entitled to nothing, and between £6000 and £16,000 you lose £1 per week for every £250 of savings you have over £6000. The first £6000 are ignored.

The DWP will then look at your hours of work. If you work 16 hours per week or more then you are not entitled to IS.

The DWP will then look at your income. The first £20pw you earn is ignored, after that you will lose £1 of benefit for every £1 you earn. The most you could earn and still be entitled to get IS would therefore be £84 per week, which is £5.60ph for 15 hours a week, based on the basic personal allowance.

Your 'personal allowance' can include the costs of your mortgage, up to a certain limit, for a maximum of two years. The costs that can be included are about to be changed by the ConDems. This means that you might actually get some help with the costs of your mortgage through income support, providing that you work less than 15 hours per week.

Child maintenance is exempt from the calculations (a recent development) but AFAIK you are still expected to provide details of the NRP when you claim IS, so that CMEC (The Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission) can start taking child maintenance deductions from the NRP. You can be sanctioned if you do not provide details, AFAIK.

And my £0.02 is that your ex-partner should be supporting you and your children financially, regardless of the abuse he has previously committed.

Indie_Kid

diddlydum wrote: »

£13,500 is a good wage for part-time but a rubbish wage for full time.

To explain how income support works:

The DWP will look at your 'personal allowance', which is how much the law says you need to live on. For a single person over the age of 25 this is currently £65.45 per week.

You ca also get premiums for disability, being a carer, ec.

DX2

diddlydum wrote: »

Child maintenance is exempt from the calculations (a recent development) but AFAIK you are still expected to provide details of the NRP when you claim IS, so that CMEC (The Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission) can start taking child maintenance deductions from the NRP. You can be sanctioned if you do not provide details, AFAIK.

Part in bold wrong.