Does adding 1 kid increase UC "housing" by £100 & reduce "earnings deduction" by £200?

poppy12345

As she has a child living with her then there would be no reason why her UC wouldn't include the child element. With earning above the work allowance her whole UC would reduce by 55% and not just part of it. 

ColonelCabbage

Haha no prob, thanks anyway

Yamor

As has been said above, if she is in a private rental, and/or if neither partner has LCW, then she will be gaining more than £315 by having the child on the claim.

ColonelCabbage

OK, thanks @poppy12345 @Yamor and all.

ColonelCabbage

@Yamor actually after playing around further with calculator.turn2us I just saw that with a household income sufficiently high (£35-£40k) the earning deductions are so big that the total UC is less than £315.

In one scenario for £37k I obtain £224 total UC.

kaMelo

ColonelCabbage said:

@Yamor actually after playing around further with calculator.turn2us I just saw that with a household income sufficiently high (£35-£40k) the earning deductions are so big that the total UC is less than £315.

In one scenario for £37k I obtain £224 total UC.

That may be so in the scenario you put into the calculator, but the maximum UC someone qualifies for is calculated on individual circumstances, no two people are the same.

One example on here a short while ago, they could earn £85,000 and still qualified for a small amount of.UC.

Yamor

ColonelCabbage said:

@Yamor actually after playing around further with calculator.turn2us I just saw that with a household income sufficiently high (£35-£40k) the earning deductions are so big that the total UC is less than £315.

In one scenario for £37k I obtain £224 total UC.

Yes, this possibility was extensively discussed earlier in the thread.

However, this cannot be the situation your ex is in, as her total UC is more than £315.

ColonelCabbage

Yamor said:

ColonelCabbage said:

@Yamor actually after playing around further with calculator.turn2us I just saw that with a household income sufficiently high (£35-£40k) the earning deductions are so big that the total UC is less than £315.

In one scenario for £37k I obtain £224 total UC.

Yes, this possibility was extensively discussed earlier in the thread.

However, this cannot be the situation your ex is in, as her total UC is more than £315.

Yes that's true. I had forgotten that for a moment actually, that's how distracted I unfortunately am.. Thanks again anyway.