| Circumstance |
Benefits and Entitlements |
| You are responsible for a child: |
Child benefit, child tax credit (CTC) |
| The child is effectively an orphan: |
Guardian's allowance |
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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) |
| needs help with personal care |
care component, disability living allowance |
| needs someone to make sure they are safe |
care component, disability living allowance |
| needs someone to monitor their health |
care component, disability living allowance |
| has difficulty walking |
mobility component, disability living allowance |
| needs help to keep safe when out and about |
mobility component, disability living allowance |
| you need help to make a claim |
Factsheet 'Tips for Claiming Disability Living Allowance' |
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| You are caring for your child, your child gets at least middle rate DLA and: |
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| you earn less than £77 a week |
Carer's allowance |
| you get means tested benefits |
Carer's premium in means-tested benefits |
| you need help to care for your child: |
Carer's assessment and care plan setting out the services the local authority will provide |
| you wish to organise this help yourself |
Direct payments from Social Services to buy your own help, rather than have them organise this |
| you need a break |
Carer's special grant |
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| You do not have enough to live on and: |
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| are responsible for children |
Child Tax Credit (CTC) |
| a child gets DLA |
Disability element (this is a tax credit enhancement for disabled children) |
| a child gets DLA at the high rate for care |
Severe disability element (this is a tax credit enhancement for disabled children) |
| you don't work or work less than 16 hours a week |
Income Support (IS) including carer's premium |
| and are entitled to carer's allowance |
Income-based jobseekers allowance, carer's premium |
| work at least 16 hours a week, are a carer of a disabled child |
Working Tax Credit (WTC) |
| pay rent for where you live, are a carer and have a disabled child |
Housing Benefit including carer's premium, disabled child premium and enhanced disability premium |
| pay council tax |
Council tax benefit |
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| You pay council tax and: |
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| 1. have an extra room in your house to meet your disabled child's needs (this must be suitable for a wheelchair user) or |
disability reduction |
| 2. your home is accessible for your child if they disability reduction need to use a wheelchair indoors or |
disability reduction |
| 3. you have a second bathroom or kitchen needed by your child |
disability reduction |
| there is only one adult in the household or the only other adults are certain carers |
single person discount |
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| You need help with your mortgage and: |
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| don't work, or work less than 16 hours |
IS |
| are signing on and looking for work |
Income based job seeker's allowance |
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| You get other income related benefits or tax credits; you have needs hard to meet out of your regular income and: |
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| have just had a baby |
sure start maternity grant |
| are responsible for a funeral |
funeral payment |
| have one-off household expenses (like household appliances, bedding or clothing) |
community care grant, budgeting loan |
| need fares to visit someone in hospital |
community care grant |
| have an emergency or disaster |
crisis loan |
| need help with NHS costs |
health benefits |
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| Your child is severely disabled and: |
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| you need help to pay for holidays and days out, household appliances, bedding, clothing, toys, equipment or driving lessons. |
The Family Fund |
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| Your child gets high rate mobility component of DLA and you need help to: |
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| meet the costs of running a car, |
exemption from road tax |
| buy or lease a car or wheelchair |
Motability |
| park close to your destination |
Blue badge |
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| Your child needs extra help at school and: |
health benefits |
| these needs can be met within a mainstream school's budget |
support through School Action |
| with the help of outside agencies |
support through School Action Plus |
| these needs cannot be met by a mainstream |
support through a Statement of Special |
| school within their own resources |
Educational Needs |
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| Your child needs help at home, or to join in leisure activities or have a break: |
Community Care Assessment. A care plan saying what services the local authority will provide and how. |
| you wish to buy in this help for your child |
direct payments from social services to buy your child's social care, rather than have social services organise this. |
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