4. The amount of benefit

4. The amount of benefit

Income-based JSA is calculated in the same way as income support (IS) (see here).1ss4(3) and (3A) and 13 JSA 1995

You might get a reduced amount of JSA if:

•you have been given a sanction (see here); or

•you are in a joint-claim couple and your partner has not made a joint claim with you (see pp245–48 of the 2019/20 edition of this Handbook); or

•you are not in a joint-claim couple, you have a partner and they have failed to attend a work-focused interview without good cause; or

•you have committed a benefit offence (see here).

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