Special Guardianship Allowance

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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

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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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