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Benefits entitlement
Lill111
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What benefits would be paid?
Husband works 15 hrs a week and gets £397 wages a month.
Wife disabled on low care and high mobility DLA.
3 kids 15,13 and 2 years, and another due in may.
I know there would be housing benefit,council tax benefit and child tax credit . But what aditional benefit would the husband get as it gives 2 or 3 diffrent options on entitle to , one is for income support and one is for esa, which one would he be intitled to and what is the diffrence?
Husband works 15 hrs a week and gets £397 wages a month.
Wife disabled on low care and high mobility DLA.
3 kids 15,13 and 2 years, and another due in may.
I know there would be housing benefit,council tax benefit and child tax credit . But what aditional benefit would the husband get as it gives 2 or 3 diffrent options on entitle to , one is for income support and one is for esa, which one would he be intitled to and what is the diffrence?
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Anyone know any advice?0
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Is he giving up his job?SPC #1813
Addicted to collecting Nectar Points!!
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You can model this scenario on the Turn2us online benefit calculator.
ESA would be for someone who is too sick to work. Income Support tends to be a top up for lone parents with a youngest child under 5 or those on disability/sickness benefits. Therefore, not applicable to him I think but perhaps applicable to her.
He might qualify for Carers Allowance - see the Direct Gov website which gives the maximum income a person can earn in employment if they are a carer.0 -
She is on low care? If so I don't think they'd get any benefits other than housing and council tax. If she was on middle care he you'll get carers allowance and be able to earn £100 per week and claim income support.Tomorrow is the most important thing in life0
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bloolagoon wrote: »She is on low care? If so I don't think they'd get any benefits other than housing and council tax. If she was on middle care he you'll get carers allowance and be able to earn £100 per week and claim income support.
Yes, you're right. I thought a carer could get it for mobility but that's not the case
https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility
Won't his income largely wipe out Income Support?0 -
no going from a 29 hr job to a 15 hr job
I don't think thats quite truthfull is it?....:D
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Yes, you're right. I thought a carer could get it for mobility but that's not the case
https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility
Won't his income largely wipe out Income Support?
They cant get income support so this is irrelevent.0
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