Financial review of early learning and childcare in Scotland: the current landscape
Information on the early learning and childcare system in Scotland, with a focus on provision of the funded entitlement.
Annex B: Eligibility criteria for qualifying benefits
| JSA |
ESA |
IS |
WTC |
CTC |
PC |
SDA/ IB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Over 18 - Work less than 16 hours/week - Partner must work fewer than 24 hours/week - have less than £16,000 in savings |
- Having illness or disability that affects ability to work - Under state pension age - not getting sick pay or maternity pay - not getting JSA |
- be pregnant, carer or lone parent with child under 5 - between 16 and Pension Credit age - have no or low income and savings of less than £16,000 - work fewer than 16 hours a week partner also works fewer than 24 hours a week - not getting JSA or ESA |
- Work more than 30 hours if 25-59, otherwise 16 - Work more than 24 hours/week between couple with child with one working at least 16 hours - No set income limit, but £18,000 for couple w/o children - (ipso facto not in receipt of JSA/ ESA/ IS) |
- Child must be under 16 or under 20 if in f/t education - no set income limit; for one-child family household income <£26,100 |
- have reached pension qualifying age - savings taper: for each £500 of savings £1 is deducted from PC; max. allowance depends on circumstances - can overlap with JSA, WTC, CTC, SDA/ IB |
- SDA/ IB has been replaced by ESA |
Most benefits are mutually exclusive. However, there may be large overlap of CTC and other benefits.
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