Special Guardianship Allowance

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Dear Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,
1/ The governments own means testing model recommends that people on income support should not be means tested and that the allowance should be paid in full woth no deductions for child benefit do you comply with this or do you means test then deduct.

2/ If a child is on DLA do you use this as income when means testing.

3/When a child is on DLA (middle or high rate) the child tax credit pay a DISABILTY PREMUIM with the child tax credit do you deduct this premium or do you just deduct the basic child tax credit.

4/ Special guardians are told by Natiuonal support groups that the allowance should be the National minimum fostering allowance rate do you comply with this and what constitutes the minimum ie: pocket money etc.

5/ Do you increase the allowance annually if not how often do you increase it.

Yours faithfully,

DAVID SMITH

FOI, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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RE: - Request For Information

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was received by us on 14^th May regarding Special Guardianship Allowance.

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-----Original Message-----
From: DAVID SMITH [mailto:[FOI #484925 email]]
Sent: 14 May 2018 20:28
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Special Guardianship Allowance

 

Dear Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,

1/  The  governments  own  means  testing  model  recommends  that 
people  on  income  support  should  not  be  means  tested  and  that 
the  allowance  should  be  paid  in  full  woth  no  deductions  for 
child  benefit do  you  comply  with  this  or  do  you  means  test 
then  deduct.

 

2/ If  a  child  is  on  DLA  do  you  use  this  as  income when  means 
testing.

 

3/When   a  child  is  on  DLA  (middle or  high  rate)  the  child  tax 
credit  pay  a  DISABILTY  PREMUIM  with  the  child  tax  credit  do 
you  deduct  this  premium   or  do  you  just  deduct  the  basic  
child  tax  credit.

 

4/ Special  guardians  are  told  by  Natiuonal  support  groups  that
the  allowance  should  be  the  National  minimum  fostering  allowance 
rate   do  you  comply  with  this   and  what  constitutes  the  minimum 
ie: pocket  money  etc.

 

5/  Do  you  increase  the  allowance  annually   if  not  how  often  do 
you  increase  it.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

DAVID SMITH

 

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