Non-dependents

A non-dependent is someone over the age of 18 who normally lives with you in your home.

They include your adult children, relatives or friends and an amount may be taken out of your benefit for each one who lives in your household.

This amount depends on your own and their circumstances but nothing will be taken if you or your partner are:

Receiving attendance allowance
Receiving the care part of disability living allowance
Registered blind
Receiving servere disablement allowance

Any money you receive from non-dependents for their keep is not counted in your income.

Instead, a fixed deduction is made from your benefit entitlement based on their gross weekly income for renumerative work of 16 hours or more per week.

However, non-dependents do not include any of the following individuals or groups:

Your partner
A child you receive child benefit for
Anyone under 18
Anyone in full-time education
Anyone on a youth training scheme
Anyone on income support, jobseekers allowance or housing benefit
Boarders, sub-tenants and joint tenants
Anyone who normally lives elsewhere

The following deductions are made from the following benefits for non-dependents working and earning the following amounts:

Non-dependent deductions
Weekly income bracket or benefit	Weekly housing benefit deduction	Weekly council tax benefit deduction
Renumerative work and income greater than £338	£47.75	£6.95
Renumerative work and income between £271 and £270.99	£43.50	£5.80
Renumerative work and income between £204 and £270.99	£38.20	£4.60
Renumerative work and income between £157 and £203.99	£23.35	£4.60
Renumerative work and income between £106 and £156.99	£17	£2.30
Renumerative work and income less than £106	£7.40	£2.30
Aged 25 or over and on income support or jobseekers allowance (income based)	£7.40	Nil
Aged 24 or under and on income support or jobseekers allowance (income based)	Nil	Nil
In receipt of pension credit	Nil	Nil

For further information contact our Customer Services team.