The client’s non-dependants
If the client is a parent and their adult son or daughter lives in their household, they may wish to charge them only a nominal amount for board. The client may want to keep the family together and this arrangement could save money – eg, by reducing childminding costs. In some cases, challenging the amount being paid by a non-dependant could lead to family disruption.
Faced with this difficult situation, a client may need information and support to make decisions. For example, if housing benefit or universal credit housing costs inare being claimed, they need to know by how much this is reduced due to the non-dependant living with them. From the financial statement, a client can judge what might be a fair share of the total household expenditure to be attributed to the non-dependant.