The majority of NTC claimants will not be customers of the DWP
as well, because they will be in work and working a sufficient
number of hours to meet the entitlement for WTC. But people in
receipt of Income Support (IS), (Income Based) Job Seeker’s
Allowance (JSA/IB) or Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) will, from
April 2004, have state help for children migrated from these
benefits to CTC. HMRC staff will liaise with DWP JC+ staff for
IS/JSA/MIG business.
CTC will be paid at the maximum rate applicable to the family
circumstances. This is because IS/JSA(IB)/MIG income-based
entitlement effectively “passports” those claimants
through the income test. Claimants in receipt of IS/JSA(IB)/MIG
will not have to report any figure for income on their claim forms.
The partners of IS/JSA(IB)/MIG claimants are allowed to work 16 -
24 hours a week without the IS/JSA(IB)/MIG entitlement being
affected (but subject to the amount of the partner’s
earnings). Any such income will, however, have to be reported on
the NTC claim form.
