When to cancel IS, HB & CT benefit claims

kiwibabe

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could advise me what I should do or be doing. Basically I am a single parent. I stopped being paid from work as of 20th December. I put in a claim for income support when my pay ran out on 9th January. But I decided that I would prefer to go back to work. I contacted my workplace who agreed I could return to work on the 11 February part time and have agreed to pay me for any holidays accrued on payday in February.

My query is when do I cancel my claim for income support as at present no payments have been made yet and technically I won't be paid from work until 26th February.

Also when do I cancel my housing and cancel benefit claim. As at the moment I have no income and no money to cover myself until payday.

Any advice would very much be appreciated.

Voyager2002

Since you will be working part-time, your income will be low and so you may still be entitled to some benefit even when you are working. Therefore, I suggest that you do not close your claims but notify the various agencies of a "change of circumstances". Get the forms, and post them so that they arrive on the day that you start work. You might like to take them to the post office and ask for a proof of posting (free).

mikey_bach

If you are going to be working under sixteen hours per week, then you need to ring I.S with the date you are starting back to work and tell them how many hours you will be working and the date you will get your fist pay.
The claim should stay open until you receive that payment.

If its over sixteen then it will close the day you return to work.
You should be able to claim WTC

tinkledom

mikey_bach wrote: »

If you are going to be working under sixteen hours per week, then you need to ring I.S with the date you are starting back to work and tell them how many hours you will be working and the date you will get your fist pay.
The claim should stay open until you receive that payment.

If its over sixteen then it will close the day you return to work.
You should be able to claim WTC

Personally I could never understand why anyone would want to work for under 16 hours a week earning the NMW whilst previously claiming IS or JSA. The financial aspect of the whole thing makes no sense, never mind the hours worked for very little extra.

fed_up_and_stressed

tinkledom wrote: »

Personally I could never understand why anyone would want to work for under 16 hours a week earning the NMW whilst previously claiming IS or JSA. The financial aspect of the whole thing makes no sense, never mind the hours worked for very little extra.

Andy unlike you who likes to bleed every penny out of the system not everone wants to be a benefits scrounger ..some people like the prospects,self worth and networking that working gives.

tinkledom

fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »

..some people like the prospects,self worth and networking that working gives.

I don't understand the first part of your reply but to the second: working for up to 16 hours a week for what? £5 extra than what you would get in benefits? Doesn't make any logical sense whatsoever.


I value my self worth at more than £5 a week. As for the rest, well I suppose you could dream of being the next CEO of Barclays. Mind you anything is possible with bankers these days, just look at the Co-op for example.

mikey_bach

tinkledom wrote: »

I value my self worth at more than £5 a week.

Keep up it twenty pounds disregard for a lone parent.

fed_up_and_stressed

tinkledom wrote: »

I don't understand the first part of your reply but to the second: working for up to 16 hours a week for what? £5 extra than what you would get in benefits? Doesn't make any logical sense whatsoever.


I value my self worth at more than £5 a week. As for the rest, well I suppose you could dream of being the next CEO of Barclays. Mind you anything is possible with bankers these days, just look at the Co-op for example.

well I'd much rather have an honest job than making my fortune defrauding hgv tax and having eleccy nicking relatives ...how chavtastic Andy .. Maybe you should be nicknamed Delboy (legend in your own bathtub!).