We will be carrying out maintenance work on our online system for Council Tax, Benefits and Business Rates from 7pm on Friday 21 February to 6am on Monday 24 February. This means it will be unavailable during some of this period. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Housing Benefit non-dependant deductions
If you have a non-dependant living with you, we will reduce the amount of Housing Benefit you receive. We will make a deduction depending on the non-dependant's weekly income.
You can find out what a non-dependant is.
We look at the non-dependant’s gross income, so before they have paid tax and National Insurance.
The table below applies if the non-dependant:
- is aged 18 or over
- works 16 hours a week or more, or is entitled to Universal Credit and working