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Carers Personal Budget and Income Based Benefit

Zebra88
Zebra88 Member Posts: 55 Courageous
edited January 2019 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi everyone

My partner just had a carers assessment and was told he will recieve a cheque for £150 as his personal budget, to be used for train tickets so he can visit his friends as the majority of our spare money is spent on day to day travel for him as my carer. It's a one off payment and before we accept it I just need to know if it will affect housing benefit or ESA? I'm reluctant to call and ask ESA directly as the last time I asked a hypothetical question about college they suspended my benefit in error and I had to go through the rigmarole of someone listening to the call to prove I didn't report a change :/

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