student working and affecting parents benefits question 30 April 2012 at 1:32PM in Benefits & tax credits 10 replies 5.7K views

mrtopcat

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

Dunroamin

Will he be living at home in term time?

BigAunty

For HB,

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-guides/technical-guidance/rr2-a-guide-to-housing-benefit/what-you-can-claim-for/non-dependants/

mrtopcat

yes he will be living at home term time an commuting to uni

Dunroamin

As a non dependant there will be deductions for him but he'll be able to contribute from his student loan and grant.

BigAunty

Do you receive Disability Living Allowance?

mrtopcat

BigAunty -- no just income support soon to be esa and child tax credits

McKneff

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.

BigAunty

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

BigAunty many thanks :beer:,thats council tax and hb sorted just our esa benefits now , it will be income related esa

anguk

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?