newly preggers and confused!! helps please!

rjh090384

hi

just found out im preggers - very very early days but im happy

anyway situation is im a mature student in my final year- - finishing on 31st july 2012 - due mid august 2012

after i graduate I am qualified to work but obviously being so pregnant this wont be possible - as i am fresh out of uni does anyone know what benefits i would be entitled to - job seekers or income support or ??? i dont think i will get maternity pay as im not working or am i wrong

im currently a single parent with a 3 year old receiving some housing benefit though by the time the baby comes my partner would have moved in with me and will be earning 14 - 18 k

any advice welcome please

xylophone

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Expectingorbringingupchildren/index.htm

rjh090384

Thanks. But as a parent already I know what I'm entitled to. My query was specific to the gap between Uni and giving birth as I have not been working. Don't know if I can get job seekers or income support. The rules are difficult to understand xxx

Lady_gaga

If your living on your own and your partner isn't with you then you should be able to claim income support as you have children under the age of 7, if your partner moves in then you need to inform the relevent departments and live off of his wage plus CTC/WTC and possibly HB/CTB

but please remember that if he already stays over and contributes to the household, for benefit purposes you may already be classed as a couple although you may argue it's not official yet.

rjh090384

He rarely stays over ATM and doesn't contribute to house. I don't currently get any income support etc now as my student bursary takes me over threshold. Partner will move in June time. So I will have a month between finishing graduation and having baby.

nannytone_2

if you leave uni in July, but he is moving in in June, you wont get any benefits specifically for yourself.
you wont be entitled to income support, as you will not be a lone parent.
as has been said ... ctc and wtc ( if eligable) and possibly some hb/ctb

Marisco

rjh090384 wrote: »

He rarely stays over ATM and doesn't contribute to house. I don't currently get any income support etc now as my student bursary takes me over threshold. Partner will move in June time. So I will have a month between finishing graduation and having baby.

So your partner moves in in June, you finish uni in July, and baby is due in August? So for that month your partner will have already moved in? Can your partner not help you financially until the baby is born? Once the baby is born you will be entitled to all sorts as has been said.

Lady_gaga

I'd have thought for the sake of that 1 month your partner should be more than happy to support you, wether your under the same roof or not, but that's just my opinion.
and by the time your claim is processed etc he will already be living with you so the money won't actually be with you at that time so he will likely have to help you out anyway...

rjh090384

He can help financially but I'm
Just concerned it wont be enough for rent and supporting two kids on. Would have thought his income would be too high for housing benefit. Will try some calculations on wtc Thanks for help

Lady_gaga

rjh090384 wrote: »

He can help financially but I'm
Just concerned it wont be enough for rent and supporting two kids on. Would have thought his income would be too high for housing benefit. Will try some calculations on wtc Thanks for help

then I'd question your eligibility for income support if he will be helping financially.
HB depends on the area you live in etc but worth asking about.

GlasweJen

Any benefit payments will be from your universitys last official day, not the day you finish studying, i finished my course in may and no one could get government help until the middle of July. Thankfully I had a job.