incapacity benefit whilst partner working

daveyb11

hi
i am thinking of moving back in with my partner and we want to give it another try for ourselfs and 10 year old son.
the problem is she recieves incapacity benefit and has done for a couple of years due to a lung condition, and is worried about looseing this benefit. i am working and get about 1300 per month befor tax. i have been told she will still get incapacity but will stop getting houseing and council tax benefit. others are telling us different. please can any one help us so we know were we are

cheers daveyb11

[Deleted User]

non means tested benefits wont be affected,means tested benefits like ct and hb will be affected and probably reduce to zero with your income,you can check on entitled to

Jowo_2

As per the previous advice, check on the Entitled to (turn2us) online benefit calculator but also do download the Budget Planner spreadsheet on the MSE free tools section. That way, you can do a 'before' and 'after' moving in analysis and identify the savings you can make by only having one lot of bills shared between you instead of separate CT, rent, energy and water bills, insurance, TV, broadband, telephone, etc, plus perhaps cheaper groceries.

daveyb11

so you are telling me her incapacity benefit wont be affected.
she rang up IB dept to check and they said she will not recive it but they will carry on paying her stamp.
this is so confuseing please help its doing our heads in

cheers

Oldernotwiser

daveyb11 wrote: »

so you are telling me her incapacity benefit wont be affected.
she rang up IB dept to check and they said she will not recive it but they will carry on paying her stamp.
this is so confuseing please help its doing our heads in

cheers

Are you sure that she is actually on IB? People sometimes refer to ESA as IB, but IB itself isn't means tested..

daveyb11

yes she is defo on incapacity benefit not employment support allowence

CouponWoman

daveyb11 wrote: »

so you are telling me her incapacity benefit wont be affected.
she rang up IB dept to check and they said she will not recive it but they will carry on paying her stamp.
this is so confuseing please help its doing our heads in

cheers

Sounds like she is getting income support on the grounds of sickness, rather than Incapacity Benefit.

or she could be getting incapacity benefit with an income support top up, in which case the income support will stop.

You need to get her to check her benefit letters for clarification as to what she actually gets.

If she was on proper contribution based IB she will continue to get it. It does not sound as though this is the case.