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Universal Credit and non dep deductions from housing costs
Are students over 21 years old exempt from NDD’s?
Found something saying they aren’t and then something saying they are
Thanks
Not as far as the regs say - Schedule 4 para 16 UC Regs - only those under 21 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/4
Thanks Daphne
Was confused by this:
http://nationalhousingfederation.newsweaver.com/update/1jk3yj2hcir
Think I was misreading
Thanks
That article was actually about the April 2013 change to non dep deductions in HB ( and IS,PC,etc) - treating non-deps on UC-with-no-earnings in the same way as non-deps on JSA(IB) : nil deduction if age<25.
Unfortunately it reads as if the UC HCC rules had been changed - they weren’t.
From April 2015 there’ll be a silmilar rule for CTR NDDs in England (for pension-age) and in Wales (working and pension-age). There, non-deps on UC-with-no-earnings will attract a nil deduction (at any age). It doesn’t look as though Scotland has followed suit. For working-age claimants England some LAs (but not all) are doing the same.
can anyone clarify whether non dep deductions are still taken against someone in receipt of PIP/DLA under UC regs - I’ve had a client had the shock of her life because they’ve done this - son is 27 and also claiming CA alongside UC himself.
thanks
See p512 of current edition of our WBTCHB.
If claimant gets PIP dlc or middle/high rate DLA care then no HCC deduction made.
If non-dep gets CA then no HCC deduction made.
I’ve mislaid mine - can anyone give me the regs?
sch 4 paras 15 and 16 UC Regs 2013