Mon 24-Jan-05 10:00 AM by ken

... in advance of the final version being published to the benefit rates area of rightsnet, a draft version of our 2005/2006 benefit rates poster is now available to download @

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/pdfs/lasa_draft_rates_poster_jan_2005.pdf

please let me know if you spot any gremlins!

cheers - ken

Mon 14-Mar-05 09:48 AM by shawn

• means tested and tax credits
  
• non-mean tested

Possible gremlin: page 1, IS couple rate (under 18) - you give the highest rate as £56.20. I think that should be £67.15. You've got this figure OK fo HB.

Jim

Hi Jim,

well spotted!

a definite gremlin!

thanks very much for your help and we will make sure that the figure is amended to £67.15 in the final draft of the poster.

Send me a cheque for the usual amount !

Jim

please could I suggest that the rate for dependant children - in IS personal allowances - is amended to 'per dependant child'.
Thanks.
Robbie,
Welfare Rights Officer
Colchester Borough Council

Cheers Robbie,

We'll have a think about that.

Hi

I think there may be an ommission from the draft rates poster under the Housing Benefit/Council Tax section.

I note there is no mention of single person or couple aged 60-64 under the personal allowances.

I think this may be on oversight?

Anne Parkinson
Information Development Worker
The Carers Centre
York

Hi Ann,

The reason for their omission is we have only included HB and CTB rates where they differ from those for Income Support/income based JSA or Pension Credit.

Fair enough but I note that both Age Concern and the Noth Yorkshire Welfare Benefits Unit list the 60-64 age group rate seperately for clarity. This may be because new or infrequent advisers may not equate the term minimum guarantee with that of personal allowance.

Anne

Hi do you know what the new permitted work rates will be? Or is there no change ? Thanks

Tue 22-Feb-05 02:18 PM by ken

hi deborah,

the permitted work rates are not necessarily amended alongside the annual April benefit uprating.

however, the following is a link to a recent rightsnet news story concerning the government's latest plans for changes to the scheme -

Incapacity benefit \'permitted work\': Government announces measures to improve and simplify the rules (13 December, 2004)

thanks for the info and link

march 16 has today been announced as the day of the budget ... as we indicated above we'll be signing off the designs of the posters / cards following the Budget (in case the government should announce any October 2005 increases for example) ...

.... to order rates cards and posters for your organisation

we'll be printing our 2005/2006 rates cards and posters following next week's Budget ... so orders for your own copies need to be with us in the next few days

see message earlier in this thread for more info on prices etc

I know that this is definitely 'going to the wire' and you have probably thought about it, but having just tried to refer to the poster to calculate a Pension Credit claim for next year I note that it does not give the Maximum Savings Credit figures, it seems to me that this is just as essential as the other figures given, OK I know that you can calculate it by substracting the relevant threshold from the SMG multiplying by 60 over 100 but in the time it takes to do that I could look it up elsewhere.... any chance of squeezing it in?

hi paul,

thanks for your suggestion.

unfortunately it is a bit too close to the wire!

the information you suggest would also be a bit difficult to squeeze in, and we have previously aimed at highlighting strictly 'benefit rate' information on the poster.

however, we will bear your suggestion in mind for next year.

Not sure one of the IS rates for under 18 couples is right.

Options where both under 18 are £33.85/£44.50/£66.50 (and not £56.20)

I could be wrong...
Amy

Indeed I am wrong. Right idea - just managed to type last year's figure! Should be £67.15 as upper rate, and someone has already spotted it, so I shall now say goodbye!!

Amy

final version of our 2006/2006 rates poster is now available @

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/pdfs/rates_poster_2005_2006.pdf

(ps - those who ordered bulk copies of the poster/rates cards can expect delivery next week)

cheers - shawn