How much income support should i be getting and am i entitled to the dependant children rate?

Question

i live on my own with my 2 year old and my 6 month year old i am over 18 i currently recieve tax credits and chb but recieve a really low rate of income support and no dependent children payments please help? do you get dependant children payments for each child?

Answer 1

From April 2006 there are no child dependant payments made with any DWP benefit, all payments for children are administered by HMRC and paid as Tax Credits.

Your Income Support as a single parent should be 60.50

per week/ payments for the children are made through the tax credits