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Advice about JSA

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  • dandelionclock30
    dandelionclock30 Posts: 3,235 Forumite
    Im sorry but contribution based JSA is affected by savings. If you have over £16,000 you cant get it.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    dandelionclock30 wrote: »
    Im sorry but contribution based JSA is affected by savings. If you have over £16,000 you cant get it.
    no that Income based

    If you have savings you can get contribution based for 6 months and no idea where the person for the figure of £300 a month from as JSA is 71.70 a week
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  • dandelionclock30
    dandelionclock30 Posts: 3,235 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2013 at 7:41PM
    When I phoned up to sign on after I left my job, they asked me if I had over 16K in savings and I had to give them a bank statement when I went to the jobcentre.
    Contribution based is the first JSA after you leave your job then it goes to income based after 6 months.
    I thought income based JSA was for those that had less than 6K in savings.
  • jacques_chirac
    jacques_chirac Posts: 2,825 Forumite
    dandelionclock30 wrote: »
    When I phoned up to sign on after I left my job, they asked me if I had over 16K in savings and I had to give them a bank statement when I went to the jobcentre.
    Contribution based is the first JSA after you leave your job then it goes to income based after 6 months.I thought.

    As others have said, CB JSA is not affected by capital. The only means testing that may affect it is (some) pension income.
  • jacques_chirac
    jacques_chirac Posts: 2,825 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    no that Income based

    If you have savings you can get contribution based for 6 months and no idea where the person for the figure of £300 a month from as JSA is 71.70 a week

    (71.7 x 52)/12 = £310.70 per month.
  • sniggings
    sniggings Posts: 5,281 Forumite
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    AP007 wrote: »
    no that Income based

    If you have savings you can get contribution based for 6 months and no idea where the person for the figure of £300 a month from as JSA is 71.70 a week

    he said approximately £300, it's £286.80 so he was right it is approximately £300.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    sniggings wrote: »
    he said approximately £300, it's £286.80 so he was right it is approximately £300.
    misread as a week somehow - lack of sleep
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  • jacques_chirac
    jacques_chirac Posts: 2,825 Forumite
    sniggings wrote: »
    he said approximately £300, it's £286.80 so he was right it is approximately £300.

    There are more than four weeks in a month ;)
  • dandelionclock30
    dandelionclock30 Posts: 3,235 Forumite
    jacques_chirac wrote: »
    As others have said, CB JSA is not affected by capital. The only means testing that may affect it is (some) pension income.

    In that case why was I asked if I had savings over £16K, seems a bit strange to me.
  • jacques_chirac
    jacques_chirac Posts: 2,825 Forumite
    dandelionclock30 wrote: »
    In that case why was I asked if I had savings over £16K, seems a bit strange to me.

    As I was not a party to the phone call I cannot answer that question, but I would expect they were also assessing your entitlement to IB JSA. It is standard to gather all the information on the first contact.
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