Income support

[Kirstin]

I have a few questions I cant find the answer to on the job centre website.

If one person in a couple is on maternity allowance and the husband becomes unemployed when he applies for JSA/Income support does he get the couple rate?

Can you get employment and support allowance the same time as income support and the partner gettig maternity allowance and if so do you get the couples or single rate of income support?

I've tried the direct.gov forms but they dont help.

 

[Arcanegirl]

Not too sure but with experice with benefits, if one person is getting enough to keep them then the other person would get only get a single persons benefit.

Maybe phone somebody at the job centre and ask?