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It's complicated as your son claiming Carers Allowance will depend on how many hours he studies for each week. It has to be under 21 hours a week study which includes private study.

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Charitable payments made irregularly are treated as capital and would not affect a means tested claim unless the payment took your capital over the limit.

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment

You need to speak to the Job Centre about doing permitted work while on ESA. You can do voluntary work and stay on ESA. You must tell ESA first about the voluntary work.

Info on permitted work;
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You need to check how much Incapacity Benefit and Income Support (IB/IS) you were getting when switched onto ESA.

When switched from Income Support/Incapacity Benefit to ESA, your ESA rate should...

If you fail the medical you do have a right to appeal which is explained in the decision letter.

That's interesting to know. They would then be a few quid better of by claiming income support.

Discretionary Housing Payments could be applied for if people are having trouble paying the 20% council tax.

Your partner can claim income based ESA which would top her up to the couple rate plus a Carers Premium. The couple rate of ESA is £112.55 replacing her single adult rate of £71.70 plus £33.30 carer...

The ESA50 form asks about your ability to use a manual wheelchair. So I guess you should get 15 points if you are unable to use a manual wheelchair to move about.

What's to stop Income Support refusing the husbands carers claim on the grounds the wife can claim income based ESA?

She gets ESA already which will be Contribution Based as it is being paid prior to her husband being made redundant. Therefore she can claim income based ESA. Income Support will not allow the...

You can re-apply for ESA as the regulations say a new ESA claim can be made once 6 months has passed since you failed the ESA medical.

Trouble is she gets Contribution Based ESA at the support group rate and her husband cannot claim Income Support while her ESA claim is current. Her husband can certainly claim Carers Allowance which...

Plus you can get full rent and Council Tax rebate as a Carer.

Your reduced earnings allowance will be cut at retirement age to at least 25% of the original REA rate. Industrial Injuries Benefit stays in payment at the normal rate as continues to be tax free....

Thats the experience I have had where a couple claimed Pension Credit and dropped the ESA claim. Pension Credit did not have any problem with the ESA claim being dropped in favour of the pension...

At the moment your husband can claim pension credit for the two of you even with you aged 58. Pension Credit for a couple is £222.05 a week. So as you have had your ESA stopped, your husband should...

Any income related ESA you get is reduced by any earnings over £20 a week that she gets working under 24 hours a week.

If you live together and she is not working and any savings are under £6k,...

You sound like you are old enough to go onto Pension Credit now. You could stop your IB claim if favour of Pension Credit now.

Try the Pension Credit calculator with and without your IB....

If she had no income or was paid some sort of benefit in the period of overpayment, then she can ask the Housing Benefit Office to re-calculate the overpayment for underlying entitlement.

Yes she can still claim housing benefit/council tax rebate while on assessment rate ESA.

You would keep the child tax credits but that office would issue you with a plastic card to show you still have title to free prescriptions, glasses ect.

Your Disabled Child Tax Credit should £7500 a year for the disabled child and £3265 for the non disabled child making £10765 total and £207 a week. 2013 rates here;
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Income Support £71.70 plus £30.33 carer premium less the carers allowance you get. If any rate of DLA is awarded for you, add £31 disability premium.