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IS/JSA -max. CTC as income under SS(WTC & CTC)(CA) Reg 7(1)
DWP guidance advises DM that the max. rate of CTC should be taken into account as income when a claimant (or partner) claims IS/JSA after April 03 (i.
Peter Turville26-Mar-04 04:08 PM
by Jon_Blackwell
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CIS/4/2003
Does anyone have a copy they can provide. Mesher refers to it as dealing with question of whether appeal against refusal of any time review allowed. T
Semitone26-Mar-04 03:58 PM
by shawn
6599
criminal compensation payments
Can anyone confirm if compensation payments are ignored for Income Support, Housing and Council Tax Benefit purposes? I am aware that if a trust fu
slam26-Mar-04 02:39 PM
by Emmab
1542
JSA Sanction
DWP decide to apply 6 month sanction in 3/04, DWP say that cl failed to apply for a job in 11/03. because of the time since the incident it is very d
northwiltshire26-Mar-04 08:31 AM0498
IS Reg 6(4) - 75% rule for disabled workers
Commissioners Decisions on this urgently needed please
chrisatkcc26-Mar-04 08:20 AM
by Gareth Morgan
2415
Estrangement for IS
I have an appeal pending for a now aged 18 year old boy. He left the parental home on early Summer 2003 and has been living in the household of a sc
gerdarhondda24-Mar-04 05:10 PM
by gerdarhondda
7758
IS stopped because IS stopped ...
When trying to get IS reinstated for a client the local SSO say that the IS claim was closed because she did not contact them within 1 month of them s
VictoriaJ24-Mar-04 09:10 AM
by VictoriaJ
7729
HABITUAL RESIDENCE TEST & ECJ RULING
On the same day that the Government referred the proposed changes to the above test to the Social Security Advisory committee, the ECJ ruled that the
mike shermer24-Mar-04 07:22 AM0483
Overpayments - recovery and offsets
Client had o/p of IS,HB and CTB 2+ years ago (undisclosed earnings over about 4/5 years). LA already recovering and client now had notice that IS abou
suelees23-Mar-04 08:37 AM
by suelees
2649
Income Support Claim
A client of mine is considering taking a career break. She is a lone parent she needs to take the time off to sort out various personal issues. The br
Andy22-Mar-04 03:38 PM
by jimpepin
1549
Housing costs pre- & post- 1995
A colleague of mine started an appeal and has been refused leave to take it to commissioners. I don't think there is any mileage in applying further b
carol22-Mar-04 03:13 PM
by jimpepin
1418
Residential Care Personal expenses
I am trying to find out what the residual amount of income support would be left after a personal contribution is made towards the cost of stay in a r
Martin E19-Mar-04 01:01 PM
by Rick
3355
Income Support Calculations from April 04
I'm updating our IS calculator sheet in anticipation of the extension of CTC to all IS claimants from April. Can I work on the assumption that all
Peter Newton19-Mar-04 12:36 PM
by Tom Messere
6918
JSA sanctions and schemes
Is there any reason why someone who is sanctioned for 26 weeks for JSA for losing a job through misconduct should still get paid because they are doin
Damian Walsh19-Mar-04 10:00 AM
by Damian Walsh
2605
BTWB The Back to Work Bonus
Any advice please; I have a client with nearly 1k in frozen BTWB payment - however he doesn't currently and is unlikely to meet any of the qualifyi
Rubydoo15-Mar-04 10:41 AM0419
final complaint to DWP
Please can someone give me the details that I need to make a final complaint about delays with an Income Support claim going back to September 2003
jabbar09-Mar-04 12:04 PM
by northwiltshire
1534
LTAHAW
Long standing friends and when both their respective relationships ended my client eventually began lodging with this woman friend for number of reaso
suelees08-Mar-04 01:01 PM
by suelees
4791
RU 14/56, RU 24/56, RU 1/57 RU 14/57
Has anyone got a copy of any of these old UB cases? If so I would be grateful if you could fax them to me on: 0161 736 6594. Thanks
Damian Walsh08-Mar-04 10:55 AM0348
single adult with child--granted ILR under the concesio...
i am working with an asylum seeker who has been granted ILR under the concession. she is a single parent with a seven year old child. she applied for
nazira03-Mar-04 03:56 PM0431
Child Maintenance Payments and IS/IBJSA from April 2004
Am I right in thinking that for all new IS/IBJSA claims from April and all those existing claimants who transfer after April (sometime) onto the new '
JService02-Mar-04 10:11 AM
by expresstraining
2588
Deprivation of capital
Help! I am looking for any case law that will help in the following situation. Client has bi-polar disorder (manic depression) and her mother wanted t
AndyKitchen01-Mar-04 12:59 PM
by shawn
21008
dla mid rate care-payable to carer?
http://www.rightsnet .org.uk/forum/otherb enefits/395.html Please see the above which is in the archive section which outraged many. The appeal was
rwilkinson27-Feb-04 02:56 PM
by mike shermer
3665
JSA & HRT
Hope someone can give me some input on this: I have a client who entered the UK as an EEA National, so was able to apply for JSA, but was subject t
Lisa26-Feb-04 04:13 PM
by Lisa
4592
Social security (CP) regulation 19 section 5 & 7
Is there a web site for outlining this regulation? Refers to back- dating of Income Support.
brg26-Feb-04 02:24 PM
by ken
1599
Adoption Allowance
Currently adoption allowances are treated as income for IS purposes up to the level of the child personal allowance plus any disabled child premium an
E Luke26-Feb-04 08:22 AM
by shaun
111294
Couple claims - 1 has no recourse to public funds
Please help if you can, I can't get my head around this one. Client, healthy, lone parent. Married abroad. Was getting IS as member of a-married-co
Bernard24-Feb-04 03:37 PM
by Bernard
4705
Urgent help needed this one...
Client last year refused mortgage costs and told had to wait 39 weeks. This despite carers allowance in pay and dla for child and carers premium in pa
Semitone24-Feb-04 02:15 PM
by Semitone
4804
pre 95 rules on home impro loans and income supp
can anyone give me suggestions on how i can argue that pre95 rules should be applied to mortgage interest payable on home impro loans (e.g. central he
elincardiff23-Feb-04 11:20 AM
by shawn
1545
Employment Service
I have an Angolan client who has been given 3 years humanitarian leave to remain in UK. He and his wife care for a severely disabled two and half year
Christine GLC20-Feb-04 08:44 AM
by stainsby
1493
Intensive Activity Period
Thanks for the news item on this. As I read the Statutory instruments, for us in the Rhondda and some other areas, the Intensive Activity Period w
gerdarhondda20-Feb-04 08:35 AM
by shawn
1517