Hi there first post so be gentle please :D
My DH and I separated in 2011, he moved in with his mother and I continued with our private tenancy. I was working fulltime and receiving child & working tax credits for our daughter who is now 2.5 years old. He worked on and off but is own on ESA due to a recurring back problem and I am also now on ESA for severe depression although I am happy to say that I am now feeling much better and I am hoping to get back to work as soon as I can.
I am now receiving ESA @ 71 pounds per week and CTC @ 56 per week, alongwith my CB.
He is receiving ESA @ 56 per week as he has a private pension of 57 a month so they are taking money off of him for that.
We have decided to give our marriage another try and although we are not living together at present we have just been offered a council house through a new council scheme. We should be moving within the next 6 weeks.
Now obviousley I want to contact all agencies to confirm our new arrangements and add my DH onto my tax credits claim but im confused with it tbh. Will my single claim stop and therefore my weekly payments stop until they add him on? How long does this roughly take?
Also what is the best way to deal with ESA should I add him to mine or he adds me to his? I've tried to look online but im maybe not looking in the right place.
I do not want to defraud the system in anyway so I am wanting to make sure that we do everything correctly as this move is going to be a fresh start for us as a family and I do not want anything to go wrong.
Any advice at all would be most appreciated.
Thanks xx
My DH and I separated in 2011, he moved in with his mother and I continued with our private tenancy. I was working fulltime and receiving child & working tax credits for our daughter who is now 2.5 years old. He worked on and off but is own on ESA due to a recurring back problem and I am also now on ESA for severe depression although I am happy to say that I am now feeling much better and I am hoping to get back to work as soon as I can.
I am now receiving ESA @ 71 pounds per week and CTC @ 56 per week, alongwith my CB.
He is receiving ESA @ 56 per week as he has a private pension of 57 a month so they are taking money off of him for that.
We have decided to give our marriage another try and although we are not living together at present we have just been offered a council house through a new council scheme. We should be moving within the next 6 weeks.
Now obviousley I want to contact all agencies to confirm our new arrangements and add my DH onto my tax credits claim but im confused with it tbh. Will my single claim stop and therefore my weekly payments stop until they add him on? How long does this roughly take?
Also what is the best way to deal with ESA should I add him to mine or he adds me to his? I've tried to look online but im maybe not looking in the right place.
I do not want to defraud the system in anyway so I am wanting to make sure that we do everything correctly as this move is going to be a fresh start for us as a family and I do not want anything to go wrong.
Any advice at all would be most appreciated.
Thanks xx