What Benefits Can I Claim? Help!!! 30 April 2012 at 5:36PM in Benefits & tax credits 3 replies 775 views

garyandlynn

My Husband brings home appox £860 a month I receive Pension of £441 a month of which £379 is for my mortgage.
I sign on each fortnight but was told I am not entitled to any benefits, tax credits.
I was told I maybe entitled to DLA and ESA due to mental health problems. Cany anyone advise what I maybe entitled to as basically we are living on one wage packet a month at minimum wage.

xylophone

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Disabledpeople/DG_10011816
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Illorinjured/DG_171891

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if you have care and or mobility needs you should apply for DLA,i`m not sure if your pension(not state pension i assume?)would affect an esa claim

pmlindyloo

garyandlynn wrote: »

My Husband brings home appox £860 a month I receive Pension of £441 a month of which £379 is for my mortgage.
I sign on each fortnight but was told I am not entitled to any benefits, tax credits.
I was told I maybe entitled to DLA and ESA due to mental health problems. Cany anyone advise what I maybe entitled to as basically we are living on one wage packet a month at minimum wage.

If you sign on each fortnight and are not entitled to any benefits then I assume you applied for income based JSA (not entitled to contribution based JSA?)

If you were not entitled to contribution based JSA then I would assume that you are not entitled to contribution based ESA (please correct me if I have my facts wrong)

Please tell us what you applied for as regards the JSA.