Partner benefits been stopped

Jita76

Please bear with me it's a bit long winded. My partner was in receipt of IB ESA which after review we were told would be stopped due to my income and our tax credits. They said that although he is entitled, my income and the tax credits brings his entitlement to nil.
For your info
My earnings 14,500 annual
CTC 260 PER MONTH
WTC 311 PER MONTH
Does this sound right? Is there anything further he can claim. He currently has mobility car 

calcotti

I infer you have one child. Looking at the figures it looks right that there is no ESA entitlement. The ESA takes into account your earnings and the Working Tax Credits which, by my estimate, is a weekly income of £400 which is much higher than any ESA entitlement.
What has changed between when he was getting it and now?

elsien

If he has a motability car does that mean he is also in receipt of DLA/PIP?

Jita76

No PIP and the DLA is not monetary only the car

elsien

So what about the care component of DLA - was he not eligible for that?

Jita76

elsien said:

So what about the care component of DLA - was he not eligible for that?

No just the mobility part

calcotti

calcotti said:

I infer you have one child. Looking at the figures it looks right that there is no ESA entitlement. The ESA takes into account your earnings and the Working Tax Credits which, by my estimate, is a weekly income of £400 which is much higher than any ESA entitlement.
What has changed between when he was getting it and now?

CORRECTION. The £400 figure included the CTC which should be ignored. So the earnings and WTC are about £335/week.
This is still much higher than maximum ESA entitlement, therefore no ESA payable.
What has changed between when he was getting it and now?

Jita76

I see, thankyou so much. Would there be any other benefit he may be entitled to apply for? 

calcotti

Jita76 said:

I see, thankyou so much. Would there be any other benefit he may be entitled to apply for? 

No. Obviously if he thinks he qualifies for a Daily Living PIP he can ask to be reassessed but this opens the whole award up.
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-points-system

All means tested benefits are based on joint circumstances.

You could both claim Universal Credit which might pay slightly more but it might not and it would end your Tax Creditsclaim and you would not be able to go back. Not something to be contemplated without a full investigation of the pros and cons. If you have any savings these would affect UC whereas they are ignored for Tax Credits. Even applying for UC would end the Tax Credits even if it turned out no UC is payable.

Jita76

Thankyou so much for the advice much appreciated