Special Guardianship Allowance
Dear Wakefield City Council,
1/ The governments own means testing model (paragraph 8) recommends that someone claiming income support etc should not be means tested and that the special guardianship allowance be paid in full without any deductions for child benefit do you as a council comply with this or do you means test and then deduct child benefit
2/ If a child is in reciept of DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE do you class this as income when means testing
3/ When a child is recieveing DLA ( MIDDLE OR HIGH RATE) the CHILD TAX CREDIT PAY what they call a DISABILITY PREMIUM on top of the child tax do you deduct this from the allowance or just deduct the basic CHILD TAX
4/Do you increase the allowance annually in line with government guidelines.
5/ Special guardians are told by National support groups (Grandparents plus and Family rights group ) that the allowance should be the NATIONAL MINIMUM FOSTERING ALLOWANCE RATE. which the government sets each april do you comply with this or do you pay a lower/higher rate
Yours faithfully,
DAVID SMITH
Dear Mr Smith,
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Information Governance Team,
City Solicitor’s Office.
Wakefield MDC, County Hall, Wakefield WF1 2QW
Email: [Wakefield City Council request email]
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From: DAVID SMITH [mailto:[FOI #489522 email]]
Sent: 05 June 2018 21:43
To: freedomofinformation
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Special Guardianship Allowance
Dear Wakefield City Council,
1/ The governments own means testing model (paragraph 8) recommends that someone claiming income support etc should not be means tested and that the special guardianship allowance be paid in full without any deductions for child benefit do you as a council comply with this or do you means test and then deduct child benefit
2/ If a child is in reciept of DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE do you class this as income when means testing
3/ When a child is recieveing DLA ( MIDDLE OR HIGH RATE) the CHILD TAX CREDIT PAY what they call a DISABILITY PREMIUM on top of the child tax do you deduct this from the allowance or just deduct the basic CHILD TAX
4/Do you increase the allowance annually in line with government guidelines.
5/ Special guardians are told by National support groups (Grandparents plus and Family rights group ) that the allowance should be the NATIONAL MINIMUM FOSTERING ALLOWANCE RATE. which the government sets each april do you comply with this or do you pay a lower/higher rate
Yours faithfully,
DAVID SMITH
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Dear Mr Smith,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information
I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find the response to your request below.
1/ The government’s own means testing model (paragraph 8)
recommends that someone claiming income support etc should not be
means tested and that the special guardianship allowance be paid
in full without any deductions for child benefit do you as a
council comply with this or do you means test and then deduct
child benefit
Income Support is taken into account. We include it but we give the same
allowance back in the calculation plus 65%, and child benefit is deducted.
2/ If a child is in receipt of DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE do
you class this as income when means testing
Disability Living Allowance is fully disregarded.
3/ When a child is receiving DLA ( MIDDLE OR HIGH RATE) the
CHILD TAX CREDIT PAY what they call a DISABILITY PREMIUM on
top of the child tax do you deduct this from the allowance or
just deduct the basic CHILD TAX
Disability Premium is taken into account.
4/Do you increase the allowance annually in line with government
guidelines.
Yes.
5/ Special guardians are told by National support groups
(Grandparents plus and Family rights group ) that the allowance
should be the NATIONAL MINIMUM FOSTERING ALLOWANCE RATE. which
the government sets each april do you comply with this or do
you pay a lower/higher
Special Guardianship Allowances are based on the National Minimum
Fostering Allowance Rate.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any further queries
regarding this matter.
Yours sincerely
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
City Solicitor’s Office
Wakefield MDC
Tel: 01924 306112
E-mail: [Wakefield City Council request email]
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-----Original Message-----
From: DAVID SMITH [[1]mailto:[FOI #489522 email]]
Sent: 05 June 2018 21:43
To: freedomofinformation
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Special Guardianship Allowance
Dear Wakefield City Council,
1/ The governments own means testing model (paragraph 8)
recommends that someone claiming income support etc should not be
means tested and that the special guardianship allowance be paid
in full without any deductions for child benefit do you as a
council comply with this or do you means test and then deduct
child benefit
2/ If a child is in reciept of DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE do
you class this as income when means testing
3/ When a child is recieveing DLA ( MIDDLE OR HIGH RATE) the
CHILD TAX CREDIT PAY what they call a DISABILITY PREMIUM on
top of the child tax do you deduct this from the allowance or
just deduct the basic CHILD TAX
4/Do you increase the allowance annually in line with government
guidelines.
5/ Special guardians are told by National support groups
(Grandparents plus and Family rights group ) that the allowance
should be the NATIONAL MINIMUM FOSTERING ALLOWANCE RATE. which
the government sets each april do you comply with this or do
you pay a lower/higher rate
Yours faithfully,
DAVID SMITH
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