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  • merlin68
    merlin68 Posts: 2,405 Forumite
    If your husband got less than £230 a week you would be entitled to pension credits and housing costs and council tax.
    Lots of pensioners don't realize this.
  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,891 Forumite
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    HB58 wrote: »
    OP, I'm confused! :huh:

    You say that your Dad has been off work for some time, therefore he is unlikely to be entitled to Contributory JSA (which seems to be what you are saying when you talk about being penalised for not having made enough NI contributions in the qualifying tax year/s). If he is on Income-Related JSA he would be entitled to the free dental treatment anyway.

    That was my thought. Contributory JSA only lasts six months
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  • Could he have been claiming ESA when he first became ill 18 months ago and now claiming JSA after the DWP found him fit for work? I hope you were able to appeal.
  • Londonsu
    Londonsu Posts: 1,391 Forumite
    merlin68 wrote: »
    If your husband got less than £230 a week you would be entitled to pension credits and housing costs and council tax.
    Lots of pensioners don't realize this.


    Merlin if that was aimed at me - pension credits are out his private pension and state pension come to a tad more than that - not by much
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