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student working and affecting parents benefits question

mrtopcat
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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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Will he be living at home in term time?0
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yes he will be living at home term time an commuting to uniWaddle you do eh?0
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As a non dependant there will be deductions for him but he'll be able to contribute from his student loan and grant.0
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Do you receive Disability Living Allowance?0
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BigAunty -- no just income support soon to be esa and child tax creditsWaddle you do eh?0
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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.0 -
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).0 -
BigAunty many thanks :beer:,thats council tax and hb sorted just our esa benefits now , it will be income related esaWaddle you do eh?0
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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 Spero0
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