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Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit Hi
I have a client who is Pakistani national married to a British citizen. She has a two year visa, which is subject to no recourse to public funds. | Muss | 07-Mar-07 04:44 PM by Muss | 12 | 1090 |
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CHILD BENEFIT & IMPRISONMENT.
Young lady with four children - for various reasons get sentanced to four months detention, out after two & half.
Mother looks after the child | mike shermer | 06-Mar-07 02:37 PM by ariadne | 3 | 663 |
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Funeral Payment:- Immediate family member lacks mental capacity. This is a Tribunal hearing in which there is one "immediate family member" who is not on a qualifying benefit. However, she is in fact lacking in ment | Paradoxides | 06-Mar-07 01:17 PM by Paradoxides | 3 | 554 |
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social fund repayments Are there any rules re repayment rate for sf loans. i have someone who is having £22 per week deducted from his Incapacity benefit which is very high. | mary partridge | 06-Mar-07 01:05 PM by Andyp3 | 1 | 580 |
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Community Care Grants I have just had 2 clients turned down for a CCG. One is moving out of supported housing into independent living and has a mental health problem, the o | mary partridge | 28-Feb-07 02:11 PM by penny newell | 3 | 819 |
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appointeeship I have a client who suffered a stroke in 2001 and was in a coma. His wife became his appointee and too out a budgeting loan for approx £900 which has | mary partridge | 26-Feb-07 12:42 PM by mary partridge | 2 | 693 |
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Benefits and PFA Hi
I have been posed a question by one of my colleagues A Japanese national marries a British national and they have a child. The Japanese nati | Carrie1 | 26-Feb-07 11:28 AM by keith venables | 1 | 566 |
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Bereavement Benefits - inequality between married and LTAHAW Is there anything in the pipeline (benefit-wise) about the unequal treatment of cohabitees on the death of their partner?
Bereavement benefits pos | suelees | 26-Feb-07 10:22 AM by nevip | 14 | 1231 |
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Community Care Grants aware of any changes? Hi
I work up in lancashire and it appears the CCG social fund applications are no longer being dealt with by the preston office and are indeed being | cgale | 22-Feb-07 11:25 AM by nevip | 5 | 1184 |
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CB and CTC for a partner. My client is 23 and claiming JSA. He is living with his 16 year old girlfriend who is still in full-time non-advanced education and who would probably | Peter Newton | 20-Feb-07 02:53 PM by Peter Newton | 1 | 523 |
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Healthy Start Scheme Hi. I'd like some help to clarify the way the Healthy Start Scheme works - and advice on helping clients facing delays in payment. I've looked at the | Liz Wilson | 20-Feb-07 12:48 PM by Liz Wilson | 4 | 688 |
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Housing Benefit meals deduction rates 2007/08 Hi could anyone provide me with a copy of the Housing Benefit Meals Deduction rates for the new financial year or tell me where i can find one?
Any h | anadeem | 16-Feb-07 02:56 PM by jmembery | 1 | 531 |
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Child's Special Allowance I'm having difficulty finding information about this benefit. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm primarily interested in how it interacts | suewelsh | 26-Jan-07 01:43 PM by Neil Bateman | 4 | 663 |
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Backdating Child Benefit more than 3 months Has anyone experience of successfully petitioning IR for an ex gratia backdating of CB of almost eighteen months?
My client (a lone mother) has a s | Howard F | 24-Jan-07 03:49 PM by Howard F | 3 | 580 |
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CHB matter - IS/CTC for invisible child Not sure whether this should be here or in IS or CTC forum in the circs.
My client was never aware she could claim CHB, made late claim which was | suelees | 23-Jan-07 04:06 PM by Derek | 11 | 713 |
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deferment of RP My client has just realised she would have been entitled to RP had she claimed it since 1991.
She'll now be making her claim but we're a little uns | Peter Newton | 23-Jan-07 03:36 PM by Alban RNIB | 1 | 507 |
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Non-relative foster allowance and CTC/CB Can anyone tell me if grandparents who receive local authority non-relative foster allowance £49 a week for each child cannot receive CB or CTC?
Scot | LA | 23-Jan-07 09:43 AM by LA | 3 | 603 |
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Income Support Weekly Entitlement I have a tenant who has been awarded £14.34 Income Support per week because DWP state her income should be £57.45 per wk but they are deducting £25.42 | sd | 22-Jan-07 11:12 AM by suelees | 1 | 578 |
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Direct Payments from Social Services & visitor Elderly Asian person(90) been in residential care, now ready to return to own home and be looked after by two elderly children in 70s. Also fubding fo | LAWTCRAV | 17-Jan-07 04:55 PM | 0 | 596 |
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CHB - No recouse to public funds. Hi can anybody help?
My client is a 30-year-old lady from Milawi. She has a work permit valid from 16.09.04 to 16.09.09 but “no recourse to public | Rowan | 16-Jan-07 09:09 PM by Mick | 1 | 601 |
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A8 and maternity leave Advice needed please from those in Rightsnetland who know more than I on A8s. I have an A8 client who is due to give birth at the end of this month. S | juliem | 08-Jan-07 10:54 PM by brigid c | 7 | 1077 |
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Loss of reduced earnings allowance My client has lost his payment of reduced earnings allowance and been told he can never have it reinstated. I’m struggling to find an argument to help | ruthch | 04-Jan-07 01:31 PM | 0 | 504 |
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Maternity Allowance for adopters??? Hello all
As we all know, if an employed worker can claim Statutory Maternity Pay if having a baby, and Statutory Adoption Pay if adopting.
A se | Robbo | 20-Dec-06 04:13 PM by Robbo | 2 | 577 |
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Immigration/Children Act support for children of failed asylum seeker I have been assisting a failed asylum seeker with her concerns regarding the withdrawal of support for her children by Social Services. We do not hold | Rachel Ellison | 13-Dec-06 03:06 PM by Rachel Ellison | 2 | 631 |
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never prepared i.i.d.b appeal before ??? howdo and a very good week to all, ho ho ho ...
advising cl. on i.i.d.b appeal and i've never done this before.
cl. was assessed as 10 % disabled | Sayo | 13-Dec-06 12:38 PM by Sayo | 5 | 782 |
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EU nationals subject to immigration control I represent an unmarried couple who are applying for homeless housing assistance. He is a UK national on IS. She is Slovakian, pregnant with their f | benj | 13-Dec-06 12:27 PM by nicknicolson | 1 | 547 |
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Child taken into care Is it still the case that LAs inform the DWP that a child has been taken into care. I have a case where athis happened but the Child benefit and JSA c | LAWTCRAV | 11-Dec-06 11:43 AM by LAWTCRAV | 5 | 732 |
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Child Benefit Can anyone help me?
Is there any problem with mum re-claiming CB for child who is 18 has worked for 2 years since leaving school but is now going int | LA | 11-Dec-06 08:36 AM by LA | 2 | 563 |
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right to reside for child benefit Have a Slovakian client who has worked but not registered. He claimed but was turned down for Child Benefit on right to reside. He was living with his | Damian | 08-Dec-06 01:32 PM | 0 | 491 |
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Funeral Payment Assets Hi there,
First time I've delt with assets in Fureral Payments.
Bit of a sorry case,..
I have a client who is inherriting her father's farm in | DONJONES | 06-Dec-06 06:57 PM by Ruth_T | 3 | 849 |