JSA of 10p due to girlfriend's student loan and other related issues!

cassieB57

DocSavage wrote: »

That's correct- £5775 is joint, annual income.

Thanks to everyone who's replied so far. All very helpful and I'll get on it.

I believe that the reason I am only getting 10p/week in JSA at the moment is precisely because I am getting DWP mortgage-interest payments (it's v hard to figure out what's going no form the generic letters they send out). If this is indeed the case, do you think I'd get more JSA when my mortgage-interest payment gets cut?

Your JSA will be worked out the same way, personal allowance for a couple, plus mortgage interest,(this total is called the 'applicable amount') less student income; then mortgage interest deducted and paid direct, leaving no less than 10p paid to you as a nominal amount. The only way you'd get more JSA 'in your pocket' is if the applicable amount goes up, or the income goes down, so that the amount you're entitled to is more than the mortgage interest payable plus 10p

So probably not.

jamespir

im not ure what advice i could give you other than dont spend it all at once

DocSavage

Thanks for all your help guys. It doesn't look like I'm going to be able to get any more JSA as a result of this cut, but I guess that's just the way it goes. Hopefully I'll be working again in the not too distant future and this won't be a major problem. Thanks again for your help though- really appreciated!