Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2023/24Part 4: General rules for other means-tested benefitsChapter 21: Income: over pension age 1. Whose income counts
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1. Whose income counts
If you are a member of a couple (see here), your partner’s income is added to yours.1PC s5 SPCA 2002
HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992
The income of a dependent child does not affect pension credit or housing benefit.2Reg 23(3) HB(SPC) Regs
 
1     PC s5 SPCA 2002
HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992 »
2     Reg 23(3) HB(SPC) Regs »
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