Single mum -info please

lil old me

Hi there
I applied for lone parent back in january and have had a meeting with inspector produced birth certs, wage slips, and a letter from parents stating i live with them as this was requested. I have not heard anything back yet and am due back to work soon. Will the inspector let me know if they are calling as if im working i will not be there???

Also i will be returning to work 3 days a week. This is what i worked before my maternity leave and i also signed for 3 days. when i return to work if i am in recipt of lone parent payment do i still sign for these 3 days or do I apply for FIS. its very confusing

Thanks ;-)

Yopyop

your best bet is to call your local welfare office and ask. they are usually very helpful. if not then call the inspector, see if you are getting anything, which you should, and then find out the rest off him.

if you don't get anything you should appeal it as its not on, you should get it

yabadabado

If you had your meeting with the inspector and everything is in order,a report will be written up and the claim will be sent to the local office for a decision to be made.It's the staff in the LO who decide the amount to award ,the inspector gives them the details of means and checks to see are all conditions met.call to the LO they should be able to tell you how much longer you will be waiting .

yabadabado

Yopyop wrote: »

if you don't get anything you should appeal it as its not on, you should get it

You have no why of knowing if the OP is entitled to payment from the info given.

lil old me

yabadabado wrote: »

You have no why of knowing if the OP is entitled to payment from the info given.

Since my child has been born i have only been recieving 262 maternity benifit + 100 per month from the childs father I am guessing i am def entitled to somethin.

I called today and they just said that the claim is waiting to go for payment but that there is a backlog

Just wait and see now i guess

wmpdd3

i dont think its as much as 262 a week. I think the payment could be 188 + 29 per child per wk before you go back to work but you should have more money with fis.

yabadabado

You could apply for FIS now while your still on MAT leave,they take into account your wage before you went on MAT + MAT benefit and average it out over 52 weeks. Im not sure if you can get casual jobseekers anf lone parents.

cee_jay

wmpdd3 wrote: »

i dont think its as much as 262 a week. I think the payment could be 188 + 29 per child per wk before you go back to work but you should have more money with fis.

Maternity Benefit is 262, One Parent Family is 188 plus increase for child.

lil old me

yabadabado wrote: »

You could apply for FIS now while your still on MAT leave,they take into account your wage before you went on MAT + MAT benefit and average it out over 52 weeks. Im not sure if you can get casual jobseekers anf lone parents.

I thought i had to be actually wrking the 19 hours before I could apply for FIS so was waiting until I returned to work. Can I deffinately apply now??

cee_jay

You can't get FIS and Jobseeker's Benefit. You can get half rate Jobseeker's with your One Parent Family, or claim FIS but your One Parent Family payment is assessed as income on your FIS.

yabadabado

Mat is looked at as employment for FIS purposes.but as cee_jay said u can't get both FIS and jobseekers.if you were doing 19 hrs p/w before mat ,you could have applied for FIS when ur child was born.at this stage you might be better off waiting the 3 weeks until u return to work to apply because 19 hrs working might be less cash than the mat and you would receive more FIS .