lone parent of 2 getting £107 a week

Broken_hearted

They no longer cover baby milk only fresh milk

Elle00

cassie27 wrote: »

:j hi does anyone one know what alone parent of 2 children under 7 should be getting
im on income support which is just over £107 a week we also get child benefit and free milk tokens and thats it

ive heard about tax credits and was told we would get it 2 years ago and still dont

does anyone know what a lone parent of 2 should be getting as when i had 1 child we were getting £97 a week

thank you in advance for any answers:T :T

My friend is a lone parent with 2 children under 7 (but over 1) and she gets just over £170pw the same as Rupa does.

Providing you live alone and are not in work, you're entitled to:

Lone parent IS of £59.15pw.
Child Benefit of £18.10pw for your first child and £12.10pw for your second.
Child Tax Credits of £80 - £85pw for your two children.

I'm no expert but I really don't think you should be receiving IS payments for your children. If I was you I'd demand my claim was reviewed and submit a claim for tax credits IMMEDIATELY. You've only been missing out on around £35pw but even so I'm sure that's money you could have done with.

pipkin71

Elle83 wrote: »

I'm no expert but I really don't think you should be receiving IS payments for your children. If I was you I'd demand my claim was reviewed and submit a claim for tax credits IMMEDIATELY. You've only been missing out on around £35pw but even so I'm sure that's money you could have done with.

I'm a lone parent on income support - the child part of my claim is still paid as IS because it hasn't changed over to child tax credits yet, although it will do in the future.

Taking the disability premiums out if the equation, I would get around £170 a week for myself and two children.

pipkin xxx

teabreak36

Hi

Healthy Start vouchers do cover baby milk copied this from http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1&n2=5&n3=26

"Healthy Start vouchers can be used for infant formula milk that is labelled as suitable for babies from birth. Follow-on formula and formula made from soya are not included in Healthy Start"

Not sure on the Income Support front sorry but like scarlett1 said put your details into http://www.entitledto.co.uk

alwaysskint96

cassie27 wrote: »

:j hi does anyone one know what alone parent of 2 children under 7 should be getting
im on income support which is just over £107 a week we also get child benefit and free milk tokens and thats it

ive heard about tax credits and was told we would get it 2 years ago and still dont

does anyone know what a lone parent of 2 should be getting as when i had 1 child we were getting £97 a week

thank you in advance for any answers:T :T

Do you get any maintence payments for the kids? According to the DWP website you would get £47.75 for each child, plus £59.15 for yourself ( presuming you are over 18)- of coursae the child benefit of around £30 week gets deducted from that- leaving about £124

nearlyamum

Broken_hearted wrote: »

Milk tokens don't exist anymore and you will get child benefit on top.

They no longer cover baby milk only fresh milk

They certainly do still exist, albeit now called Healthy Start Vouchers, and you certainly CAN buy baby milk formula.

http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1&n2=2&n3=19

Rupa

No, £170 ish id definitely the right amount, I had my amounts checked recently and they are all correct.

The only difference between me and the OP is that her kids are under 8.

Rupa

Tax credits £81.13
Income support £59.15
total of £140.28 means tested benefits plus child benefit £30.20 totalling £170.48 per week for a 25 year old single mother of two children. Doesn't matter if it's called IS or tax credits or whatever, it's the same amount.

lil_me

Some on the old system have the child premiums included on the IS, those who claimed more recently have the tax credits instead.

There should be a form that came with your award which states what you are paid and why, if you post what is on there might help see if there is anywhere it's gone wrong. If you don't receive tax credits yet it should state XX amount for the children. Then it will also state any deductions made.

Income support for lone parent with 2 children not receiving Child Tax Credits should be made up from the following premiums

Adult aged 25 or over: XXXX
Children XXXX per child
Family XXXX

Minus Child Benefit

Then minus any deductions you pay from it. £107 and not claiming tax credits does seem very low, would advise you check the sheet of what you are paid and why.

Rupa

Quote - How much rent do you pay and council tax if you don't mind me asking. Do they cover you fully or do you have to take money out to accommodate the shortfall? Thanks

I get full Housing benefit and Council tax benefit. But in some areas you are required to pay a token amount towards rent, which would come out of your benefits. This used to be the case in Nottingham for example, I'm not sure if it still is.