student working and affecting parents benefits question

hi , my 18 years son is going to uni September and plans to get a part time job ,my question is how many hours can he work without it affecting our benefits and housing benefits , both me and my partner claim income support due to disability's and child tax credit for our other children , any advice is greatly appreciated
Waddle you do eh?

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  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    Will he be living at home in term time?
  • mrtopcat
    mrtopcat Posts: 8 Forumite
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    yes he will be living at home term time an commuting to uni
    Waddle you do eh?
  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    As a non dependant there will be deductions for him but he'll be able to contribute from his student loan and grant.
  • BigAunty
    BigAunty Posts: 8,310 Forumite
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    Do you receive Disability Living Allowance?
  • mrtopcat
    mrtopcat Posts: 8 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BigAunty -- no just income support soon to be esa and child tax credits
    Waddle you do eh?
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    If he is working and you lose some benefit, start charging him board and lodge to make it up to the level you were at.

    A good lesson for him too.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • BigAunty
    BigAunty Posts: 8,310 Forumite
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    This table should help but do let the forum know if it doesn't fully answer your question. There is a dependency on whether your ESA will be income related or not, or with your HB if your son works in the summer holidays.

    http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/benefits_non_dependant_deductions

    The basic rules seem to be that with Housing Benefit no deductions will be made if the non-dependant is a full-time student (but deductions may be made during the summer vacation if the student does any paid work in this period) while for Council Tax no deductions will be made if the non-dependant is a full-time student (even if they work full-time in the summer vacation).
  • mrtopcat
    mrtopcat Posts: 8 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BigAunty many thanks :beer:,thats council tax and hb sorted just our esa benefits now , it will be income related esa
    Waddle you do eh?
  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    edited 30 April 2012 at 6:40PM
    Can I jump in this thread and ask a question? My daughter will be starting university in September too, my husband gets Incapacity benefit topped up with income support, he also gets HRM and MRC DLA, we get housing and council tax benefit.

    My daughter doesn't have a job (but plans to) but I was wondering if any student loans or grants she receives will effect our benefits, even if she doesn't find a part-time job? As I understand it won't effect Housing or Council Tax benefit because my husband gets MRC DLA but I'm unsure about the Incapacity benefit and Income Support?
    Dum Spiro Spero
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