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Will may parents income affect Universal Credit?

Hi

I've just been told by my employer that I'm going to be made redundant in 6 weeks time :(

I'm going to apply for as many jobs as possible between now and then, but I've done some basic research to see what my options would be if I had to go on the dole. I live in an area where Universal Credit has already been rolled out for single new claimants (that's me), so I understand things will work differently to last time I was out of work when I claimed income based JSA.

Because I'm living with my parents at the moment, will their income be taken into consideration when the calculate how much UC I'm entitled to? I know this wasn't the case with JSA, but I can't find anything on the gov.uk website on how they calculate UC. I'm asking because my dad earns £40,000+ per year, so if they did take that into consideration, I'd imagine I'd get nothing at all.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    No you're not dependant on them any more.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • HappyMJ wrote: »
    No you're not dependant on them any more.

    Thank you.

    I was only wondering because I know for some benefits they take household income into consideration and I wasn't sure how they define a household.

    Also, is UC for a single unemployed person with no housing costs paid at the same rate as income based JSA, with the same level of deductions for having savings between £6k & £16k?
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    Batman_100 wrote: »
    Thank you.

    I was only wondering because I know for some benefits they take household income into consideration and I wasn't sure how they define a household.

    Also, is UC for a single unemployed person with no housing costs paid at the same rate as income based JSA, with the same level of deductions for having savings between £6k & £16k?

    You are a household of one.

    Your parents are a separate household.

    You might all live under the same roof but you are separate households.

    UC is the same rate as income based JSA.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • HappyMJ wrote: »
    You are a household of one.

    Your parents are a separate household.

    You might all live under the same roof but you are separate households.

    UC is the same rate as income based JSA.

    Thanks, that's saved me a lot of worrying.
  • When_the_going_gets_tough
    When_the_going_gets_tough Posts: 574 Forumite
    edited 20 January 2016 at 6:23AM
    But if you have paid enough in ni contributions I think you can still make a claim for Cjsa which continues to operate outside uc.
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