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Benefits??

how much benefits do you recieve when you have a baby in the UK?? Such as, income support, housing benefits, and what are you entitled to when you are with someone?? how much do you recieve for each child??

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Well the someone you are with could support you instead of the taxpayer.
too much you get child support housing benifit you more or less get bribed into haing one people get more money not working having babies doing drugs than people who work there ass off coz there the ones paying for them to live
im a single mum and get i.s about 60 pounds child ben 18.80 after next week and about 46 pounds for child tax credits. the housing benefit will depend on your partners income but if you are both unemployed you will recieve the full amount of rent. if your partner is unemployed you will also recieve Jsa instead of income support which is about 90 pound each a fortnight. you will also only have to pay water rates and no council tax if your both unemplyed - hope this helps. remeber if your not employed now you will recieve a grant of 500 pounds to provide things for your new arrivsl when you are about 6 months gone. Hope this helps!! and good luck with it all!!
Log onto http://dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefit/statutory_maternity_pay.asp
It will never be enough to make it a good reason to have a baby. If you need to ask this question before you conceive, then don't do it. If you've already conceived, then you'll find out soon enough.
I dont know you get about 20 per week as a standard child maintance - however thats all I recieved I got pregnant when I was 17 kept my job and went back to work 2 weeks after I had him - as his dad couldn't support us. Think about the baby and how s/he'll view life when they are older - depending on the state is the easy option
everyone is entitled to child support - it's not means tested. if you're working you'll prob get maternity pay from the employer - at least for a bit; if not - the govt pay maternity pay. any other benefits such as housing and council tax benefit, working tax credit child tax credit etc are means tested - so it depends on your income.
You can get Childs tax credit and Working Tax credits, if you or your partner work at least 16 hrs a week. You will get child benefit too like any other mum does. Housing benefit and council tax benefit is possible depending on what your income is. The amounts are dependant on Income received. You may also be eligible for a Sure Start Maternity grant. Go to your local Social security office, who will help you with applying for the benifits to which you will be entitled too.
It all depends on your circumstance's, ie if you & your partner work or not.
Hi there, I was on income support up until a few years ago as I was a single parent. I only had one child and it worked out like this (roughly- give or take a bit) Income support is a round £95-£100 per week Child benefit (which every one can get not just those on other benefits) is about £67 per month for the first child and reduced for subsequent children. Housing benefit is up to the Rent officer to decide. This works by a rent officer at your local council deciding what an average and fair rent is for property in your area and the size of property you live in. For example if it is just you and one child in a 2 bed place you are more than likely to get most if not all of your rent paid, if you and 1 child live in a 3 bed place they will not pay all your rent. If you have 2 children but they are of the same sex you will still only get full rent on a 2 bed place, if you have 2 children of different sexes and one if over 9 I believe you may get full rent for a 3 bed property. Council tax benefit as far as I can remember, if your are on income support and housing benefit you automatically get council tax benefit. If you then get a partner you will only be entitled to housing/council tax benefit if neither of you work or you are on a low income - you'd have to check with your council as to what they consider a low income, plus with one of you working you will be entitled to working families tax credit and child tax credit and you will be financially better off on these benefits than on income support. You really need to see your local council and fill in all their forms. It may seems complicated but there are people there to help and work out what would be best for you. Hope this helps. Bright Blessings BTW "depending on the state is the easy option" It absolutley is not! It is very difficult financially living on income support not to mention emotionally draining and soul destroying, especially having to deal with those people who look down on you for taking care of your children rather than paying someone else too. What the hell is the point of having a child only to pay some one else to raise it. You need to think of the long term effect it will have on your child, not having their parent around. How do you explain to your child, "I had to work all day and never see you as I was worried how other peole would look at me and think about me if I stayed home rather than be there for you and take my responsibility as a parent" I'm not saying that you don't need money just that for me taking care of your child is more important than money or having all the latest things. The children who had a parent there for them are always happier than the ones who had all the stuff. BUT you should not have a child JUST to get money from the Government, benefits are there for people in need, not those who can't be bothered to do things for themselves.
I hate when people ask this! support your own children not expect hard working people like my husband to support you makes me sick