Special Guardianship Allowance
Dear Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,
1/ The governments own means testing model recommends that someone in reciept of the allowance and in reciept of income support etc should not be means tested and that the allowance should be paid in full without any deductions for child benefit etc do you comply with this or do you means test and deduct child benefit.
2/If achild is on DLA do you use this as income when doing the means test .
3/ When a child is on DLA (middleor high rate) the child tax credit pay a DISABILITY PREMIUM/ELEMENT with the tax credit do you deduct this or just the basic child tax credit.
4/ Special guardians are told by National support groups that the allwance should be the National minimum fostering allowance rate do you comply with this and what constitutes the minimum ie: pocket money etc etc.
5/ Do you increase the allowance annually if not how often do you increase it.
Yours faithfully,
DAVID SMITH
Dear Mr D Smith,
Freedom of Information Request
Unique Reference No: FOI 7567
Thank you for your email received 15 May 2018 requesting information under
the Freedom of Information Act. I understand your request to be as
follows:
1. The governments own means testing model recommends that
someone in reciept of the allowance and in reciept of income
support etc should not be means tested and that the allowance
should be paid in full without any deductions for child benefit
etc do you comply with this or do you means test and
deduct child benefit.
2. If achild is on DLA do you use this as income when
doing the means test .
3. When a child is on DLA (middleor high rate) the child
tax credit pay a DISABILITY PREMIUM/ELEMENT with the tax credit do
you deduct this or just the basic child tax credit.
4. Special guardians are told by National support groups that
the allwance should be the National minimum fostering allowance
rate do you comply with this and what constitutes the minimum
ie: pocket money etc etc.
5. Do you increase the allowance annually if not how often
do you increase it.
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Dear Mr Smith,
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Request FOI 7567.
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