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£400 per month occ pension and JSA

Lily1
Lily1 Posts: 190 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
Are there any circumstances where someone receiving £400 per month from a Civil Service pension can still sign on and receive cont based JSA?

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  • NASA_2
    NASA_2 Posts: 5,571 Forumite
    edited 9 February 2011 at 9:35PM
    The amount will be reduced but you should still receive about £23 a week.
  • Lily1
    Lily1 Posts: 190 Forumite
    I made a mistake I should have written £800, I presume with that amount no JSA would be paid.
  • 2009timeforchange
    2009timeforchange Posts: 67 Forumite
    Yes, £800 would erase your entitlement for money but its still worth signing on to keep your national insurance conts up to date.
  • metaxalover
    metaxalover Posts: 4 Newbie
    In the same sort of vein...........my husband is my full time carer and gets Cares Allowance for looking after me full time and is thinking about taking his personal pension which would be £180 a week.

    Now i know that Housing benefit and Council Tax and Income Support will be stopped but will he still be able to claim Carers Allowance?
  • caz246
    caz246 Posts: 214 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    You will not be entitled to any JSA award, but like 2009timeforchange said you will get contributions paid if you sign on.
  • zaksmum
    zaksmum Posts: 5,529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    metaxalover wrote: »
    In the same sort of vein...........my husband is my full time carer and gets Cares Allowance for looking after me full time and is thinking about taking his personal pension which would be £180 a week.

    Now i know that Housing benefit and Council Tax and Income Support will be stopped but will he still be able to claim Carers Allowance?
    Yes he will, if he's not claiming any other benefits.
  • CIS
    CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Are there any circumstances where someone receiving £400 per month from a Civil Service pension can still sign on and receive cont based JSA?

    Contribution based JSA isn't means tested.
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
  • zaksmum
    zaksmum Posts: 5,529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    CIS wrote: »
    Contribution based JSA isn't means tested.
    But if you get a large occupational pension you can't get contribution based JSA .
  • cassieB57
    cassieB57 Posts: 506 Forumite
    CIS wrote: »
    Contribution based JSA isn't means tested.

    No it isn't but as other posters have said, if you have an occ pen over £50 per week, JSA cont will be reduced by the amount of occp over that
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