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Pregnant & Partner gets DLA & ESA

ZoieTee
ZoieTee Posts: 3 Newbie
in Benefits & tax credits
I can't find anything about it online...

My Partner gets highest care DLA & Im his full time carer. He also gets ESA and i get carers allowance. I have just found out im 10 weeks pregnant. When the baby is here is there anything extra i can get while being on these benifits?

Thanks
Zoie

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  • ZoieTee
    ZoieTee Posts: 3 Newbie
    Anyone have any ideas? x
  • UnderPressure
    UnderPressure Posts: 3,204 Forumite
    So it is fair to say your partner is not well mmmmmm completely disabled??? He seems to have managed the bedroom eeby jeeby quite well :)

    Your best bet may be the CAB they will know for sure, but at some stage to claim any kind of maternity benefits you are going to have to stop being his carer I would presume? In which case it may just be an exercise of taking money from you in 1 hand then giving it back in the other........

    You will also qualify for tax credits once baby is born.

    Congrats BTW ;)
    "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"
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  • ZoieTee
    ZoieTee Posts: 3 Newbie
    LOL

    Thank you for your reply Im trying to get through to the CAB but its a right pain to get through! Even More so with the new goverment Budget cuts. I'll Just have to keep trying :)

    Thanks again
    Zoie x
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    What rate of DLA & ESA does your partner get?

    Many benefits you can't get until after the birth of the baby.
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  • bunny999
    bunny999 Posts: 970 Forumite
    ZoieTee wrote: »
    LOL

    Thank you for your reply Im trying to get through to the CAB but its a right pain to get through! Even More so with the new goverment Budget cuts. I'll Just have to keep trying :)

    Thanks again
    Zoie x

    pity the cut didn't hapen sooner
  • sleepless_saver
    sleepless_saver Posts: 2,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    ZoieTee wrote: »
    I can't find anything about it online...

    My Partner gets highest care DLA & Im his full time carer. He also gets ESA and i get carers allowance. I have just found out im 10 weeks pregnant. When the baby is here is there anything extra i can get while being on these benifits?

    Thanks
    Zoie

    Child benefit and child tax credit. Ask the health visitor/clinic about what other help is available.
  • Laurasofia
    Laurasofia Posts: 21 Forumite
    You can contact your local welfare maximization team. Your local social services will know where they are based.
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