Daughter leaving full time education, what next?

WinMeSomeStuff

Hi all,

Daughter will be leaving full time education soon, and will be job hunting, fingers crossed has a job lined up before leaving.

I work full time, partner out of work at moment due to ill health. We get Universal Credit so not sure how it works next. 

Once Daughter leaves, do I need to add her in some way to our joint claim since she will still be living with us and hopefully working?

If she does not have a job when she has left and job hunting, does she need to apply for UC seperate? Or it as a household?

First time I have really thought about it, since she won't be classed as child any more.

Thanks for any advice.

elsien

She would apply in her own right if she needed to. 

https://www.turn2us.org.uk/get-support/information-for-your-situation/universal-credit-uc-housing-costs-element/universal-credit-uc-what-if-i-have-another-adult-living-with-me#:~:text=If%20you%20have%20other%20adults,to%20help%20with%20the%20rent.

Rubyroobs

She makes her own claim if she can't find work. You will need to add her as a non dependent to your claim although there would be no non dependent deduction on your rent element ( if you have one ) until she turns 21.
If your partner has LCW/ LCWRA on your claim then you'll continue to get a work allowance on your claim. If he doesn't and you have no younger kids still on the claim then you would lose the work allowance.

R200

While the child looks for work, would the household be worse off than before?

poppy12345

R200 said:

While the child looks for work, would the household be worse off than before?

When they leave FTE they will no longer be treated as a qualifying young person so their child element will end. As they are under the age of 21 there will be no non dependent deductions from their UC as has been advised. 

Therefore to answer your question, yes they will be worse off because the child element will be removed. 

WinMeSomeStuff

Rubyroobs said:

She makes her own claim if she can't find work. You will need to add her as a non dependent to your claim although there would be no non dependent deduction on your rent element ( if you have one ) until she turns 21.
If your partner has LCW/ LCWRA on your claim then you'll continue to get a work allowance on your claim. If he doesn't and you have no younger kids still on the claim then you would lose the work allowance.

So if she finds work or not, I would add her as a non-dependant to our current joint claim?

And depending on if she is out of work or not and eligible she would apply for universal credit herself as an individual as well as being on our claim as a non-dependant?

Sorry for the many questions. Just want to make sure I get it all right when the time comes to update our details.

Spoonie_Turtle

WinMeSomeStuff said:

Rubyroobs said:

She makes her own claim if she can't find work. You will need to add her as a non dependent to your claim although there would be no non dependent deduction on your rent element ( if you have one ) until she turns 21.
If your partner has LCW/ LCWRA on your claim then you'll continue to get a work allowance on your claim. If he doesn't and you have no younger kids still on the claim then you would lose the work allowance.

So if she finds work or not, I would add her as a non-dependant to our current joint claim?

And depending on if she is out of work or not and eligible she would apply for universal credit herself as an individual as well as being on our claim as a non-dependant?

Yes, she will need to make her own UC claim. 
Her being a non-dependant 'on your claim' is at this stage simply informing UC of the situation, you don't get any money for her - if she still lives with you once she turns 21 then there will be a deduction for her on your housing element (if you rent), unless your husband claims PIP.

WinMeSomeStuff

Spoonie_Turtle said:

WinMeSomeStuff said:

Rubyroobs said:

She makes her own claim if she can't find work. You will need to add her as a non dependent to your claim although there would be no non dependent deduction on your rent element ( if you have one ) until she turns 21.
If your partner has LCW/ LCWRA on your claim then you'll continue to get a work allowance on your claim. If he doesn't and you have no younger kids still on the claim then you would lose the work allowance.

So if she finds work or not, I would add her as a non-dependant to our current joint claim?

And depending on if she is out of work or not and eligible she would apply for universal credit herself as an individual as well as being on our claim as a non-dependant?

Yes, she will need to make her own UC claim. 
Her being a non-dependant 'on your claim' is at this stage simply informing UC of the situation, you don't get any money for her - if she still lives with you once she turns 21 then there will be a deduction for her on your housing element (if you rent), unless your husband claims PIP.

Thanks for the advice Spoony and everyone else who helped me piece together what I need to do.

WinMeSomeStuff

Sorry just one more question that come to mind. 

If my Daughter hopefully gets the job, and classed as none dependant etc, does her income deduct a proportion of UC like my work income does on mine and my partners claim. I am guessing it does since we are still all in the same household?

Or if she had a claim for her own UC if entitled, would it deduct from her claim?

Apologies for any confusion in my question.

poppy12345

WinMeSomeStuff said:

Sorry just one more question that come to mind. 

If my Daughter hopefully gets the job, and classed as none dependant etc, does her income deduct a proportion of UC like my work income does on mine and my partners claim. I am guessing it does since we are still all in the same household?

Or if she had a claim for her own UC if entitled, would it deduct from her claim?

Apologies for any confusion in my question.

No, not when she's still under 21 as has been advised a few times. Once she reaches 21 then there will be a non dependent deduction if you're claiming for help with any rent (which at the moment is £91.47/month. Unless either yourself or partner are claiming either daily living PIP/ADP or DLA mid/high rate care. 

Other than that you are separate households when it comes to benefits. Your UC would not affect hers. 

WinMeSomeStuff

poppy12345 said:

WinMeSomeStuff said:

Sorry just one more question that come to mind. 

If my Daughter hopefully gets the job, and classed as none dependant etc, does her income deduct a proportion of UC like my work income does on mine and my partners claim. I am guessing it does since we are still all in the same household?

Or if she had a claim for her own UC if entitled, would it deduct from her claim?

Apologies for any confusion in my question.

No, not when she's still under 21 as has been advised a few times. Once she reaches 21 then there will be a non dependent deduction if you're claiming for help with any rent (which at the moment is £91.47/month. Unless either yourself or partner are claiming either daily living PIP/ADP or DLA mid/high rate care. 

Other than that you are separate households when it comes to benefits. Your UC would not affect hers. 

Brill thanks again for the heads up!