UC self employed carer do I need gateway interview and other questions

kazzyb123

Hi,

Slowly working our way through the system! Next on the list is my partner who is self employed, he has a gateway interview booked for Saturday.

Am I right to think that because I claim PIP daily living & he has been added as my carer (which I assume means we will get the carer element) he doesn’t need a gateway interview?
As far as I can tell if he has carer element & I claim PIP it means he can’t be found to be gainfully self employed so no meeting is needed. 
I also think he should be exempt from Minimum income floor, have no more meetings & should be put into the NWRA (no work related activity group) from what I have read & there is no earnings threshold (although I don’t know if that applies to self employed people anyway!)

We also have a child & no housing costs so I think he should have a work allowance of £673 is that correct?

It’s so confusing when you have to find it all out and tell them when they should be telling you.

Hoping someone here might know about these things before I call the helpline,
thanks

huckster

Sounds like caring activity may not have been verified yet.

Gateway intervention appointment to verify self employment is still required, but if caring activity verified the carer will be in no work related requirements, so minimum income floor won't apply.

If you have no housing and child on claim, the higher work allowance of £673 will apply to earnings.

The reason for having Job Centre appointments is to enable conversation and explanation. 

peteuk

I think I remeber reading on a different thread that the link up of benefits is somewhat slow, so if your applying for UC it might not have linked your PIP. 

So yes he will need to attend the appointment however as noted he should have caring activity veryified along with his self employment. 

poppy12345

peteuk said:

So yes he will need to attend the appointment however as noted he should have caring activity veryified along with his self employment. 

He will still need to attend the gateway appointment regardless anyway. 

kazzyb123

Thanks for the replies guys 

peteuk

poppy12345 said:

peteuk said:

So yes he will need to attend the appointment however as noted he should have caring activity veryified along with his self employment. 

He will still need to attend the gateway appointment regardless anyway. 

Which is what I said…