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Special Guardianship Allowance and Universal Credit
Hi All,
I am working with a Special Guardian. Normally special guardianship allowance is not taken in to consideration as income for benefit purposes.
I am trying to locate the Reg’s which confirms this for Universal Credit – I have searched but cannot find any information at all – Anyone have any idea where I might find this information or can anyone tell me if the Reg’s are different under UC?
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Try regulation 66 of the UC regs - what counts as unearned income? My understanding would be if it’s not specifically listed, it isn’t counted.
Hi,
Thanks for your reply, I have looked and it is not mentioned there.
Surely it can’t be taken into consideration as income, it’s a payment for the child and to prevent the child going into foster care. I think they must have left it out!!!??
Reg 66 is a list of what does count as income: no mention in Reg 66 means it’s not income