Benefits affected by son becoming an apprentice?

hum_lovely

My son will be 16 shortly and is applying for an apprenticeship. The hourly rates are very low and I was wondering whether this income would be included in the calculations for housing and council tax benefit which I currently claim....?

Also I am assuming child benefit and child tax credit will stop for me for this son (although I have younger children) - is this the case does anyone know?

Any other things to consider that I might have forgotten about....?

princessdon

Yes and no. Child tax and cb end for him, his income isn't counted BUT a deduction is applied to you as a none dependant for housing is living in the home.

sammyjammy

You will lose all the child related benefits you received for him because he is working. I am sure your son will be making a contribution out of his apprentice wages that will help offset this loss.

You will not however have a non-dependant deduction for either Housing Benefit or Council tax benefit, see link below.

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

sammyjammy

princessdon wrote: »

Yes and no. Child tax and cb end for him, his income isn't counted BUT a deduction is applied to you as a none dependant for housing is living in the home.

As he is an apprentice there is no non-dependant deduction for either HB or CTB.

asdf1982

Oh i thought apprenticeships had to comply with min wage? My cousins son is doing one he gets slightly more than min wage i think and pays £300 board to his mum

hum_lovely

asdf1982 wrote: »

Oh i thought apprenticeships had to comply with min wage? My cousins son is doing one he gets slightly more than min wage i think and pays £300 board to his mum

Apprentices have a different minimum -
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

£300 would be nice but I doubt I will get £10 a week from my son!

asdf1982

ah didnt realise, he gets slightly more than national minimum wage

Dunroamin

hum_lovely wrote: »

Apprentices have a different minimum -
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

£300 would be nice but I doubt I will get £10 a week from my son!

That's your choice but you can't really expect benefits to fund it.