30 hour element

annandale

The 30 hour element is 790 pounds a year.

Darksparkle

annandale wrote: »

The 30 hour element is 790 pounds a year.

It's £810 currently

alwaysskint96

TESCOBABE56 wrote: »

Dont you want £15 ?

If not stay on 16 hours.
Go without the iphone the take away and the wine.

Dont forget to take into account any extra travel/childcare costs when working it out. Sometimes those things can actually make you worse off by working more

rockingbilly

alwaysskint96 wrote: »

Dont forget to take into account any extra travel/childcare costs when working it out. Sometimes those things can actually make you worse off by working more

Absolutely true.
It's alright saying that you should work as many hours as you can but at what cost?
Many I would imagine when they calculate what the extra in the purse is at the end of the week by working 30 instead of 16 hours may well find that there is no extra money - it's all been eaten up in extra costs.
If I was told that I would get say £15 a week more after all expenses are paid for working the extra 14 hours I would work the 16 and spend the other 14 hours watching everybody else do the work!

nannytone_2

you also need to consider what would happen once UC is rolled out.

the expectations placed on claimants are far more rigorous than they are currently.

once your child reaches senior school age, you will be expected to work full time, and benefit entitlement will depend on this being the case, or proving that you are trying to meet this condition

Coz

TESCOBABE56 wrote: »

Dont you want £15 ?

If not stay on 16 hours.
Go without the iphone the take away and the wine.

I don't want an iphone, I don't eat takeaway and I don't drink wine. Being a mum I'm used to making sacrifices 👍

suki1964

I suppose having been claiming benefits for the past 8 years at least, getting off them isn't really a priority

Coz

Darksparkle wrote: »

It's £810 currently

Is that in addition to the WTC I would already be getting? Eg £15 a week more than the £50 a week for working 30 hours?

Coz

suki1964 wrote: »

I suppose having been claiming benefits for the past 8 years at least, getting off them isn't really a priority

What do you mean?

Darksparkle

Coz wrote: »

Is that in addition to the WTC I would already be getting? Eg £15 a week more than the £50 a week for working 30 hours?

£810 is added to your claim. However that is before your income is factored in.