Universal credit: Do I need to report a change if my child started working?

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I was wondering if anyone knows if universal credit will be reduced if my recently turned 16 year old started working part time?
Do I need to report his income as a change in earnings?

Thanks

Following as I’m not sure. I’ve tried to google but get conflicting info.

No. The only income that counts is that of a partner.

If you had a lodger paying rent, their rent payments might count, but their income wouldn't affect your entitlement.

Once your child is out of full time education, if they were still living at home you'd have a non-dependent deduction (think it's about £90 a month) but even then their income wouldn't count towards your earnings

If they live with you full time then yes, it counts and they make a nominal deduction as they expect your child to contribute towards rent.
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I don't think it counts if it's a part time job and they are still in full time education.

Meant to add...just tell them on your journal that your child is working and they will adjust the UC . Mine is around,
£80 per month for my son.

No it doesn't count a dependant doesn't contribute towards rent until age 21.

No they do not need to do that for a 16 year old.

Op you do not need to do anything as long as your 16 year old is still in full time education that's the only change UC would need to be aware off. A part time job is not relevant at all.

Not out of education- it's age 21. Leaving full time education just means the child element stops.

Thank you everyone, a lot of conflicting replies, but at least it's not full salary that will be counted towards total earnings. I'll report and see what happens

Yes there are which is frustrating. I don't understand why people comment when they are just guessing. It's not helpful. You have no need to report at all. It would be as relevant as reporting that your mate Sue had started working in the local hairdressers.

Hi my daughter is not going to go back to college but is going to get a job 25 hours a week, will uc just deduct rent, as online it's saying the will take 55p for every pound she earns, she's 17,is this right as obviously it's her income she lives at home with me, can anyone help

Check if a change affects your Universal Credit - Citizens Advice https://share.google/GwnvRqOgoqcBw3ZIg

The above link will hopefully help understanding about what changes you should report. A child under 19 and in full time non advanced education living with their parents is eligible for child element of UC on their parents claim, their pt earnings while in non advanced education is not relevant to the parents UC claim. If children have a child trust fund that is not counted as savings for their parents UC claim either, but if you have a savings account for your children but accessible to you that will be included in the claim as an asset.

If you child is over 16 and not in full time non advanced education you will no longer get child benefits or child element of UC but there are sometimes benefits a 16-17 year old can claim in some circumstances. At 18 a young person living with parents can claim UC if they meet the criteria and non dependent deductions do not apply on their parents claim until over 21.

There are other factors to consider that will complicate matters, apprenticeships, disability and the young person being a parent themselves so get advice from a welfare rights charity if you are not sure what to report or what you can claim

How old is your daughter? Is she claiming UC? If she is 18 or over and makes her own claim for UC then there are deductions to the UC she gets based on her wages if she gets min wage for 18-20 yo (£10/hr) x 25 hrs a week then she won't get UC as her wages would wipe out her standard allowance of UC £316.98 per month.

UC won't make a rent non dependent deduction if she is living with you and is under 21, but you need to report the change of circumstances around your daughters earnings to your council as it could affect any council tax reduction you get. Your daughters wages won't affect your UC claim currently but you need to stop getting the child element of UC if she has left college. When she is over 21 there will be a non dependent deduction to the housing element on your claim. The wages will impact her own claim if she is claiming UC now.

Oh dear sorry poor reading skills there she is 17! Ok so she can't claim UC you won't get child element of UC or child benefits anymore, her wages won't impact your UC and you won't get a non dependent deduction from your rent. You should report to council as well in case it impacts council tax reduction.

She's 17,and uc have obviously stopped child element and my child benefit has stopped, yes today I got my statement and they have deducted 93 pounds as towards rent, so I don't understand, thanks for your help, yes I'll definitely be letting council know for sure, they take money of my son towards rent as his 28 which I know is right, have another son who is nearly 25,but he has disabilities and gets pip, so I'm presuming the other rent deduction is because of my daughter, as I don't think they take rent of me for my son because his on pip, but I'm not sure.

Hi.
im just wondering how this played out as I’m going through the same thing. Daughter is in full time education at college but has found herself a part time 12 hour job. So wondering do I need to let UC know and does it affect my claim. Daughter is 18 next month.