benefits help...

[scottishgal89]

does anyone know what i'll be entitled to? my mat pay finishes next week- the one paid by the gov.

i am...

single- obv
not working- baby has been sick since jan
no other income apart from housing ben, tax credit, child benefit and child maintenence of £20 a month
was on jsa then income support before baby.

any ideas what i'll go on now? i dont intend working until my lo is totally ok. she needs me too much at the moment

thanks for any help in advance

 

[AppleBlossom]

It sounds like you already get everything you're entitled to hun. Re-apply for income support

 

[lynne192]

you are entilted to Income support and child tax credit because your a single parent, if your child is sick you might be able to get extra for that, i would advise you contact your local job centre and get the forms sorted, if you were on JSA when u got pregnant then u really should have been put onto income support when you were 29weeks pregnant.

best of luck hun x

oh with all the benifits you will get if your over 21 then you'll get

£61.50 income support
£57.50 child tax credit and
£20 child benefit.

hope this helps x

 

[scottishgal89]

thanks for your help. i was going to phone them tomorrow just looking for opinions on here first
yeah my jsa changed to income support at 29weeks.
i just wondered what id go back onto. not sure what the criteria is for income support but didnt think i could get jsa cause i wont be looking for a job.

 

[tinkabells]

You would still get income support, for that all you have to do is go to the job centre every 6 months, tell them if you want to work or not and then thats it, but seems like your on everything you should be xxx

 

[Laura2919]

I dont really know what you get hun to be fair but I just wanted to say hope you get it sorted x

 

[purpledahlia]

I get, income support, 128 a fortnight, child benefit 20 a week, child tax credits 63 a week and rent is paid directly to my landlord, thats what u will get, and a recuction on council tax, mines band A and 196 a year. go to jobcentre tho, u will still get ur 20 child maintenece a month and im not sure if youd qualify for help because sophie is sick or not............

 

[scottishgal89]

i applied for income support today so that should start when my mat allowance stops

 

[scottishgal89]

have you applied for housing benefit claire?

 

[purpledahlia]

yeah, it gets paid directly to my landlord.

 

[scottishgal89]

orite...
ok

 

[purpledahlia]

Lol, why :S face?

 

[scottishgal89]

lol i just thought it automatically got paid to us

 

[purpledahlia]

you can choose, dont you get any help?

 

[scottishgal89]

what you mean dont you get any help?
i get housing benefit but it gets paid to me
i find it easier that way anyway because i probably spend it on other things and other payments pay rent. depends what gets paid in and what i pay out when

 

[purpledahlia]

lol i meant do you get HB.
I find it easier this way, i basically have no rent type thing. All i have to worry about is bills and council tax. and like my own things food toiletries etc, i couldnt budget to have 485 in my acc each month and i didnt have the first 2 or 3 months rent to pay while the HB was being cleared, (he would of needed the rent even before i got the HB, which i didnt have, but if paid directly to him he was willing to basicallly go rent free untill it cleared and he got it in arrears if that makes sense!)

 

[tinkabells]

Wow your landlord sounds fab claire!!! Not many would do that, but your place is coming along, had a nosy on ya facebook other day xxx

 

[scottishgal89]

awryte i see what you mean.
i just seem to have money there when my rent comes off and if not i have overdraft and then more money goes in and im out of the negative again.
talkin of council tax i havent paid any this year. woops!!

 

[purpledahlia]

i just got my first letter today about it! got to pay 21 by the 15th. gah!

 

[purpledahlia]

tinks, i spent all my savings on the flat and now im hungry oops!