{"id":5343,"date":"2023-05-13T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T09:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/?page_id=5343"},"modified":"2023-08-18T04:13:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T04:13:42","slug":"benefits-and-prison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prison or Remand affects Benefit Payments Entitlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Your Benefits When On Remand or in Prison<\/h2>\n<p>As a rule, your benefit payments and your entitlement to them will change or stop while in prison. It can apply if you, your partner, or your child:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go into custody while awaiting a trial &#8211; called &#8216;on remand&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Get sent to prison (or an institution for young offenders).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are several <a href=\"\/rules\/legal\/prisons\/different-types-of-prison-sentences\/\">different types of prison sentences<\/a>. The Tax Credit Office need to know about any <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/tax-credits\/changes-affecting-tax-credits\/\">changes affecting tax credits<\/a>. So, you must inform them if you get sent to jail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you get imprisoned you will lose your eligibility to claim the State Pension in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, your benefits will get suspended or completely stop if you go to prison or on remand. A benefits adviser can help you suspend or close down the benefits that you can no longer claim.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Partner or Child in Prison or on Remand<\/h2>\n<p>Benefit payments can also be affected if your partner or your child goes to prison or is on remand. Thus, you must inform the particular department that pays your benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant Benefits Office would then confirm whether:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will affect your claim to get certain welfare benefits.<\/li>\n<li>You have entitlement to claim other benefits and allowances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: You do not always lose your <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/\">entitlement to benefits<\/a> while your partner is in prison. Even so, you must still meet the qualifying conditions in your own right.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Benefits in Prison Help Guide<\/h2>\n<div class=\"category-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Benefits that Stop<\/h5>\n<p>As a rule, your <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/suspended-or-stop\/\">benefits will stop or get suspended<\/a> if you go to prison. Prisoners, and anyone on remand, may have their benefit stopped or discontinued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Child Benefit<\/h5>\n<p>In most cases, people who get incarcerated can continue to claim Child Benefits. But, there are several key rules for <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/child-benefit\/\">claiming Child Benefit while in prison<\/a> or on remand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Council Tax Exemption<\/h5>\n<p>Prisoners, and those on remand, do not count as an adult living in a property. Read further information on <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/council-tax-exemption\/\">how prison affects Council Tax exemption<\/a> and reduction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Housing Benefit<\/h5>\n<p>You may continue receiving <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/housing-benefit\/\">Housing Benefit while in prison<\/a>. In some cases, you can make a claim the first time you get sentenced or go on remand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"category-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)<\/h5>\n<p>The guide explains the rules for <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/mortgage-interest-support\/\">prison and Support for Mortgage Interest<\/a>. In fact, it is not available but the partner of a prisoner might be able to claim SMI instead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"list-content\">\n<h5>Tax Credits<\/h5>\n<p>As a rule, you would not qualify for <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/tax-credits\/\">tax credits while in prison<\/a> or on remand. Even so, you would need to report any changes that affect your tax credits to the Tax Credit Office.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"updated-data\"><strong>Benefits in Prison and When on Remand in United Kingdom<\/strong><br \/>\n<time datetime=\"2022-01-01\">Last Updated 2022<\/time>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Benefits When On Remand or in Prison As a rule, your benefit payments and your entitlement to them will change or stop while in prison. It can apply if you, your partner, or your child: Go into custody while awaiting a trial &#8211; called &#8216;on remand&#8217;. Get sent to prison (or an institution for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Prison or Remand affects Benefit Payments Entitlement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2823,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Prison or Remand affects Benefit Payments Entitlement - UK Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/benefits-and-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Prison or Remand affects Benefit Payments Entitlement - UK Rules\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your Benefits When On Remand or in Prison As a rule, your benefit payments and your entitlement to them will change or stop while in prison. 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