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Do you qualify?

You can work out for yourself if it is worth claiming. Just fill ...... the table on this page. If the money you are getting now is less than your needs, you will probably qualify.

FIRST-ADD UP ANY MONEY YOU ARE GETTING NOW

Put in the Your pension

amounts Your wife's pension................

you get Child benefit (family allowances) for any children................

£.

£

£

each week Any other social security benefit paid to you or your wife

Maintenance payments..

£

£

Wages from any part-time work done by you or your wife £

● From each wage take away £4 (if you are a single parent take away £6) plus any travelling or other expenses. Now put in the total of what is left...

£

Occupational pension: take away £1 and put in what is left

£

Add up any other money you get, then take away £4 (take away only £3 if you have already taken away £1 for Occupational pension) .................

Add up everything you have put in: this

is the money you are already getting.

NOW-ADD UP YOUR WEEKLY NEEDS

Pensioners If you are a single owner occupier/tenant. put in £17.90

If you are a couple living together.

-

£

put in £28.35

£.

put in £15.80

If you are living in someone else's home and

● if you are a couple living together put in £29.80

● if you are single.. If you or your wife are over 80............................................. add. on 25p Non- If you are a single owner occupier/tenant. put in £14.50 pensioners If you are a couple living together................ put in £23.35

If you are living in someone else's home and

if you are a couple living together.. if you are single and 18 or over. if you are single and 16 or 17.

Anyone with For each child aged 16 or over

children

still at school............... For each child aged 13 to 15.

*............. put in £25.00 ............................................ put in £13.05 put in £10.35

£

put in £8.90

put in £7.40

For each child aged 11 or 12................................-.-.

£.

put in £6.10

For each child aged 5 to 10.......................................

put in £4,95

put in £4.10

For each child aged under 5........................................

Owner Put in the rent (or mortgage interest) and rates you or occupiers your wife or husband pay each week. If you pay monthly

and tenants divide the monthly amount by 4.

Boarders If you are a boarder do not use the figures above

Put the amount you pay for board each week plus

£

if you are a single boarder over pension age......................... £5.25 if you are a single boarder under pension age............ £4.70 if you are a couple living together and over

£

pension age.

£8.95

if you are a couple living together and under pension age......

£7.70

Add up everything you have put in: this

is about what you need each week...

£

CLAIM NOW IF THE MONEY YOU ARE GETTING IS LESS THAN WHAT YOU NEED EACH WEEK-OR EVEN IF IT IS A LITTLE MORE.

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