Thanks for your reply. In reply to your query, the whole thing, seems to be quite sinple, in that the ex partner is willing to let my client have the child benefit, all seems quite amincable and common sense where the parents are concerned, but child benefit will not transfer the award. Knock on effect, Income Supoort will not make an award, as far as they are concerned without CB not lone parent, JSA will not award as not available for work, young children to look after. Not the first time I have had this problem with getting payments to lone fathers, the whole thing does not seem very joined up. Housing benefit did there usual thing of stopping payments because no linking benefit, forgetting cliams can be assessed purley on low income, no need for linking benefit, this much should be easily sorted, as they do this all the time, so I am quite used to challenging this. Anyway, have sent client to see his MP, who has just sorted out my last lone father with a similar porblem, so hopefully all will be resolved soon. Makes you wonder though, doesn't it.
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