Just been made redundant and will be signing on... Wondering what, and if, I will get anything...

Anyone know?

Regards,

six thousand pound max limit for savings for top amount of jsa
http://direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Employedorlookingforwork/DG_10018757
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http://jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/Dev_015272.xml.html

you should get around £80 a fortnight.

Off the top of my head l think it is £10,000? Check the JSA wevsite.

ur allowed up to £16,000 in savings. last l knew job seekers no longer exists (unless ur already on it) there is whats called employment assistance credit or something like that. anyway contact ur local job centre for more info. youll need to provide bank statements so they will know if youve had savings then they suddenly disappear. u may be entitled to contributions based benefits which goes off ur national insurance contributions & u dont need to show any savings u have

l think you can have a maximum of £3000 savings. Anything above that and your benefit will be reduced. You should be entitled to something though. Am not sure exactly how much.

There r two types of Job seekers Allowance, one income based (similar to income support) : u can claim this if ur capital is below £6000 : higher than that will reduce the benefit: as will any other income, part time working, pension etc. £16,000 in capital means u probably wo not get anything. The other type of Job seekers Allowance is contribution based. You could get this for up to 6 months, if ur national insurance contributions r up to date. As far as l remember, for contributions based, capital does not affect this benefit.

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Depends on what JSA you're claiming, if worked & paid contributions your JSA will be JSA(C) & your savings wo not be taken into account

If claiming JSA(IB) then anything over £3k & you lose £1 for every £250, £8k or over then no entitlement

For Job Seekers Allowance there is no limit and it is not means tested. If you are looking for other benefits while unemployed then you will have to declare all savings above £8500.