Further to the earlier discussions regarding the respective public finds lists for immigration and welfare benefits, am I right in thinking that to two lists are now virtually the same? What about non contributory IB? I understand this is public fund for welfare benefits purposes, but not immigration.

Steve

steve - am confused about the 'two lists' bit .... there's only one list of public funds, the one set out in the imm. rules

is your second list the list of benefits from which you're excluded if you're 'subject to imm control'?

Ho Shawn,

Thay will teach me to write messages too quickly. I am wondering why the public funds list in the immigration rules is not the same as th list of benefits at the start of s115 of the Act. There is probably a blindingly obvious reason why have been/are different! I can see they serve different purposes, but even so. I need to get out more...

Steve

hi steve -

yes, agree that non-con IB is the only 'discrepancy' now??

benefit exclusions .....

• s.115 list -
  
  attendance allowance, severe disablement allowance, invalid care allowance, disability living allowance, income support, working families' tax credit, disabled person's tax credit, a social fund payment, child benefit, housing benefit, or council tax benefit, income-based jobseeker's allowance
  
  
• then ib in youth, new tax credits and pension credit - covered by the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Misc. Amendments Regulations 2000, Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003, and the State Pension Credit (Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2003 respectively

Many thanks

Steve