can i get a budgeting loan

traciemk

hiya everyone wonder if you can help me?
i work part time and get working tax credits, children tax credits, and wages from my part time job.
would i be able to get a budgeting loan form the social i remember when i was on income surrport as a single mum i could can i now?

Curry_Queen

Taken from the DWP website:

Who can get a Budgeting Loan?

To get a Budgeting Loan:

• you or your partner must not be disqualified from getting Jobseeker’s Allowance under section 14 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (trade disputes)
• you must be getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit or payment on account of one of these benefits or entitlements
• you must also have been getting Income Support, incomebased Jobseeker’s Allowance or Pension Credit for the last 26 weeks, or have been the partner of someone getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit or payment on account of one of these benefits or entitlements, for you for 26 weeks, or a combination of them. If at any time during that period you or your partner stopped getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit or payment on account of one of these benefits or entitlements, any gaps of up to 28 days will be ignored.

Unfortunately, it looks like the answer is no

Fran

You might qualify for a Crisis Loan - see again on DWP website - Crisis Loan.