Frequently Asked Questions

Income / Capital

Do you take all my earnings into account?

No. If you are a lone parent, we will ignore the first £25 a week of your earnings. If you are disabled we will ignore the first £20. If you have a partner, we will ignore the first £10. In all other cases, we will ignore the first £5 a week of any earnings.

In some cases, if you work more than 16 or 30 hours a week, we will ignore an extra £12.32 of your income.