Check you qualify for Income Support before you complete an application form This calculator will be able to advise if you can claim Income Support. It is not an application form.
If you do qualify for Income Support, you'll get a link to an application form.
If you will be making any financial decisions based on whether or not you may be able to claim, you can contact Income Support for more detail.
This calculator makes decisions using a wholly automated process. It uses the information you provide to us in the calculator to make this automatic decision. The Data Protection Law allows you the right to insist that a decision made about you by wholly automated means is reviewed by a person. To request that a member of staff reviews your eligibility to Income Support, please contact us.
Your details The information provided on this page will not be used to assist us with your Income Support application. Your details are not stored anywhere. The purpose of asking the below questions is to establish if you may be entitled to apply for Income Support.
How to use the calculator If you are under 25, some parts of this calculator may not apply to you. The calculator cannot estimate extra payments you would get if you have a long-term illness or disability. If either of these apply to you contact us for more information.
Completing the calculator will take around 10 minutes:
enter all numbers as digits, not words, for example 1, 2, 3 not one, two, three you must accurately complete every field that is relevant to you the amount we can pay towards your accommodation will be restricted to the cost and size of an appropriate property for your household this calculator can't be used if you live in a house share, flat share, care home or if you've been assessed by a social worker as needing formal care. If any of these apply, contact us
Enter the personal details for your household:
Basic details about you
Basic details about you
If you are under 25, you will normally be expected to be part of your
parents'
household unless you are working full-time, responsible for a child yourself or there is a
reason you can't live with them. If you are under 25, contact us for more
information.
How old are you?
*
You must be above compulsory
school-leaving age to qualify for Income Support.
A partner is a husband, wife, civil partner, girlfriend or boyfriend. You do
not
need to live together at one address for your partner to be included in your claim. If you
are
committed to each other and share your lives as one unit, you should include your partner in
this eligibility check. If you are uncertain whether to include a partner, you should
contact
Income Support.
If you have a partner, what
is
their age?
Invalid age. Your partner must be 16
or
over.
Details about children or young adults that live with you
Details about children or young adults that live
with
you
Any person in compulsory education, or not yet at school is considered a
child.
Compulsory education ends on 30th June in the year a person turns 16, year 11 of secondary
school.
How many children in your
household
are under school leaving age?
Enter a valid number
Young people who have finished compulsory education are included in your
Income
Support household up to the age of 25, if they are looking for work or in full-time
education.
If you have a child or young adult with a disability, they may be given their
own
separate claim. Contact us for further information.
How many young adults in your
household
are under 25 and looking for work?
Enter a valid number
How many young adults in your
household are under 25 and in full time education?
Enter a valid number
Each adult and young adult included in an Income Support household must pass
the
Income Support residence test to be eligible to claim some of the components that make up
Income
Support. For more information, see the Income Support residence test page.
Income Support residence test
How many adults do not pass the Income
Support residence test?
Enter a valid number
Details about where you live
Details about where you live
The amount Income Support can pay towards your accommodation is restricted to
the
cost and size of an appropriate property for your household. This eligibility check will not
work for people sharing a property with another household. If you live in a house/ flat
share,
you should call 444444 to speak to an Income Support advisor to determine your
eligibility.
You can get help with accommodation costs if you are aged at least 25 and you
rent or own your own property. Some people under 25 can also get help, such as:
a young person who has responsibility for a child. This can be the
parent of
the child or someone else (for example an elder brother or sister) that has the main
responsibility for the child;
a young person that cannot be expected to return to their previous
family
home because:
Social Services has confirmed they cannot live in the family
home
(eg someone leaving care or at risk of abuse); or
their parents (or the person that had previously looked after
them)
are unable to help them - for example: the young person is an orphan, their
parents
are in prison or occupying unsuitable accommodation; or
the young person has been living independently for at least one
year
and had reasonably expected to remain independent - the reason for claiming
Income
Support is an unexpected change in circumstance (illness, unexpected redundancy
etc.).
Which
of the following apply to you?
You must select an accommodation
type.
Help with accommodation costs is not
available if you live with relatives or do not pay for your accommodation.
Social Housing means a home rented from Andium Homes (the
former Housing Department), Jersey Homes Trust, Les Vaux Housing Trust, Christians Together
in
Jersey Housing Trust or FB Cottages Housing Trust. All other landlords (including hostels)
count
as 'private'.
What
type of
home do you live in?
You must select a value.
How many bedrooms does your home have?
Enter a valid number
How much do you pay for your
accommodation per week, excluding service charges?
Enter a valid number
Carers
Carers
Is anybody in your
household a full-time carer for someone with a severe disability?
You must select a value.
Childcare arrangements
Childcare arrangements
Complete this section if you pay for childcare at a nursery or registered
childminder while you are working. If not, leave this section blank
How many children in your
household
are under 3 and receiving childcare?
Enter a valid number
What is the hourly
childcare
rate per child under 3?
Enter a valid number
Average
number of hours in childcare per child under 3 per week?
Enter a valid number
How many children in your
household are aged 3 or 4 and receiving childcare?
Enter a valid number
What is the hourly
childcare rate per child aged 3 or 4?
Enter a valid number
Average
number of hours in childcare per child aged 3 or 4 per week?
Enter a valid number
How many children in your
household are aged 5-11 and receiving childcare?
Enter a valid number
What is the hourly
childcare rate per child aged 5-11?
Enter a valid number
Average
number of hours in childcare per child aged 5 to 11 per week?
Enter a valid number
Your household income
Your household income
Enter your Income Support household's current income details. Do not include
income that you are no longer receiving
If you (and / or your partner)
are
employed, what is your total gross weekly earned employment income? This includes income you are
receiving through the Government co-funded payroll scheme
Enter a valid number
Do you (and / or your partner)
pay
Social Security contributions?
You must select a value.
If you (and / or your
partner) are self-employed, what is your gross weekly self-employment (Class 2) income?
Enter a valid number
If you
(and
/ or your partner) pay self-employed (Class 2) contributions, how much do you pay
weekly?
Enter a valid number
Your pension income
Your pension income
If you (and / or your partner) receive any pensions, enter the weekly
amount.
How
much
weekly pension do you receive?
Enter a valid number
How much weekly pension does your
partner
receive?
Enter a valid number
Benefits you receive
Benefits you receive
If you (and / or your partner) receive any of the benefits below or have any
other source of income, enter the combined weekly amount.
Long Term Incapacity
Allowance
(LTIA)
Enter a valid number
Invalidity Benefit
Enter a valid number
Short Term Incapacity
Allowance (STIA)
Enter a valid number
Survivor's
Pension
/ Survivor's Allowance
Enter a valid number
Maternity Benefit
Enter a valid number
Home Carer's Allowance
Enter a valid number
Any other income or
benefits
Enter a valid number
Maintenance you receive
Maintenance you receive
If your household receives
maintenance income for you, your partner or a child, enter it here (weekly amount).
Enter a valid number
Your maintenance payments
Your maintenance payments
Complete this section if a member of your Income Support household pays
maintenance. This can be for an ex-partner or for children.
If you pay maintenance for
children, enter the number of children you pay maintenance for
Enter a valid number
How much maintenance do you pay per
child
per week?
Enter a valid number
If you pay
maintenance
to a former partner, enter the weekly amount here
Enter a valid number
Your capital assets
Your capital assets
Capital assets includes savings, bank accounts, Post Office or Co-op
accounts,
investments, deposits, bonds and property, but does not include the value of your main
home.
This section applies to assets held by all members of your household.
What is the total
value of your bank accounts, savings, bonds and investments (to the nearest £100)?
Enter a valid number
What is the
total value of any additional property or assets you own (to the nearest £100)?
Enter a valid number
Your Income Support eligibility check
Thank you for completing the Income Support estimate calculator. The information you have
entered suggests that you are not entitled to receive financial assistance from Income Support.
This could be for one or more of the reasons below:
You may have a large amount of capital or property that you do not live in
An adult member of the household may not have residency in the island for at least the last
5 years. More information about the Income Support residence test can be found here
Income support can only pay a maximum level toward rented accommodation and so the full cost
of your rent may not be able to be taken into account. Details of the Income Support rates
can be found here
The income of the whole household is taken into account, and a person cannot claim only in
their own name if they are in an interdependent relationship (such as marriage or a civil
partnership) or lead their lives as an economic and domestic unit. If you are not earning
but your partner is, you may not qualify as your partner's income is deemed sufficient to
cover the costs of the household.
This calculator makes decisions using a wholly automated process. It uses the information you provide to us in the calculator to make this automatic decision. The Data Protection Law allows you the right to insist that a decision made about you by wholly automated means is reviewed by a person.
If you still feel that you are entitled to Income Support, please call +44 (0) 1534 444444 so that an advisor can discuss your
circumstances with you.
Thank you for completing the Income Support eligibility check. The information you have entered
suggests that you may be entitled to receive financial assistance. Your next step will be to
complete an income support application form and provide documents to us. We will only be able to
confirm your entitlement once:
you've submitted your completed application form along with your documents
we have reviewed your application
Income support
application
To support your application, we will ask you to provide documents to us. We will let you know
what documents we need, but likely examples are:
photo identification for each adult within your household
3 months up to date bank statements for all accounts held by all members of the household
a lease or letter from your landlord confirming the type of property you live in, the rent
paid, whether any charges are included in your rent and if anyone else lives in the address
confirmation of your earnings, with payslips, a letter from your employer or with profit and
loss accounts for a self-employed business
details of any other assets or capital held
What you've told us about your household
Basic details about you
Basic details about you
Number of children under school
leaving age:
0
Number of adults under 25 and looking
for work:
0
Number of adults under 25 and in
full time education:
0
Number of adults who do not pass Income
Support residence test:
0
Your accommodation
Your accommodation
The amount Income Support can pay towards your accommodation will be restricted
to the cost and size of an appropriate property for your household.
Type of home you live in:
Social housing - house
Number of bedrooms your home has:
0
Your weekly rent, excluding service charges:
£0.00
Carers
Carers
Is there a full time carer looking after someone with
a severe disability:
No
Childcare arrangements
Childcare arrangements
Number of children under 3 getting
childcare:
0
Hourly childcare rate per child under
3:
£0.00
Average number of hours in childcare
(per child under 3) per week:
0
Number of children aged 3 or 4
getting childcare:
0
Hourly childcare rate per child aged 3
or 4:
£0.00
Average number of hours in childcare
(per child aged 3 or 4) per week:
0
Number of children aged 5 to 11
getting childcare:
0
Hourly childcare rate per child aged
5-11:
£0.00
Average number of hours in childcare
(per child aged 5-11) per week:
0
Your income
Your income
Your gross weekly earned employment
income:
£0.00
Do you pay Social Security
contributions:
No
Your gross weekly self employed
(Class 2) income:
£0.00
Your weekly self-employed
(Class 2) Social Security contributions:
£0.00
Your pension income:
£0.00
Your partners pension income:
£0.00
Benefits you receive
Benefits you receive
Long Term Incapacity Allowance (LITA):
£0.00
Short Term Incapacity Allowance (SITA):
£0.00
Survivor's Pension / Survivor's Allowance:
£0.00
Home Carers Allowance:
£0.00
Other income or benefits:
£0.00
Your maintenance arrangements
Your maintenance arrangements
Maintenance received:
£0.00
Number of children you pay maintenance
for:
0
Maintenance you pay per child:
£0.00
Maintenance you pay to a former
partner:
£0.00
Your capital assets
Your capital assets
Total value of your bank accounts, savings, bonds and
investments:
£0.00
Total value of any additional property or assets
you own:
£0.00
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