Benefits help..

Oldernotwiser

Why are your children only at school between 0930 and 1130?

wannabehermit

I also agree with FBaby & Fiver29. If you can get part time jobs that fit in around one another then childcare shouldn't be an issue. Re IS, that is for people who CANNOT work, e.g. someone caring for a family member or a lone parent, so neither of you would be entitled. If your OH is working less than 16 hours a week then he will have to claim JSA with the rules applied in my above post about the first £10 a week earned. The amount is the same so the figures that the calculator has given you for IS will be the same as for JSA.

Fiver29

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Why are your children only at school between 0930 and 1130?

Pre school usually only go for 2 hours a day. When they hit reception they start full time.

whattodo02

Not that it matters, but they are only part time school at the moment.

I thought income support was for people on a low income no matter if you can work or not??

i just got this from the direct.gov website
Who can get Income Support

It's for people who all the following apply to:

• are between age 16 and the age they can get Pension Credit
• have a low income
• work less than 16 hours a week, depending on the amount of your wage
• aren't in full-time study (but there are some exceptions)
• don't get Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance
• don't have savings above £16,000
• live in Great Britain

MsShorty

whattodo02 wrote: »

Not that it matters, but they are only part time school at the moment.

I thought income support was for people on a low income no matter if you can work or not??

i just got this from the direct.gov website
Who can get Income Support

It's for people who all the following apply to:

• are between age 16 and the age they can get Pension Credit
• have a low income
• work less than 16 hours a week, depending on the amount of your wage
• aren't in full-time study (but there are some exceptions)
• don't get Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance
• don't have savings above £16,000
• live in Great Britain

The same web page also states 'Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income. It’s for people who don't have to sign on as unemployed'.

This would be the reason you would not qualify for Income Support.

Caz3121

whattodo02 wrote: »

Not that it matters, but they are only part time school at the moment.

I thought income support was for people on a low income no matter if you can work or not??

i just got this from the direct.gov website
Who can get Income Support

It's for people who all the following apply to:

• are between age 16 and the age they can get Pension Credit
• have a low income
• work less than 16 hours a week, depending on the amount of your wage
• aren't in full-time study (but there are some exceptions)
• don't get Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance
• don't have savings above £16,000
• live in Great Britain

you ALSO have to qualify for the next bit
You may get Income Support if you are one of the following:

• a lone parent
• on parental or paternity leave
• a carer
• a refugee learning English who arrived less than a year ago

It is very badly worded but basically you have to fulfill both parts

sleepless_saver

How many hours a week will your OH be working to earn £100? if it's less than 16 hours he won't be entitled to working tax credit (though you would still get child tax credit).

Until he gets a new job, he needs to sign on even though he may be sanctioned for leaving his previous job.

Oldernotwiser

Fiver29 wrote: »

Pre school usually only go for 2 hours a day. When they hit reception they start full time.

But the OP said in her first post

"we have two primary school age children".

Fiver29

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

But the OP said in her first post

"we have two primary school age children".

Yes, I saw that so could only presume they had twins at a pre school attached to a primary, because people often class the pre school as part of the school. Or they might have one at school and one in the pre school.

whattodo02

OH will be working approx. 14 hours a week
Children are in reception, but only part at the moment as they are young ones..
IS is very confusing as i though we would be entitled, but maybe not. so looks like we'll have to look for a 16+ hour a week job and hope to get WTC

Thanks for everyone's advice..