On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:22:03 +0000, RJH wrote:

On 19/02/2016 13:13, JoeJoe wrote:
On 19/02/2016 08:48, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Surely they should know about human reproduction at that age?

It unfortunately, at least on paper seems he will now hae a criminal
record
then.
My feeling on this is that rather than anykind of penal (haha)
penelty, the
pair of them should have to go out wearing a banner saying how stupid
they
have been for a few months, but there you are.

Perhaps they are stupid, but we are much more stupid than they are.
Within weeks she will get a council flat paid for and furnished by us +
a nice little weekly handout, etc, all at our expense, and essentially,
for ever.


Where on earth do you get this 'council flat paid for' idea? And the
rest of it, come to that?

Just think what you had to do and how old you were before you got the
keys to your first house/flat. I was 28...


Really.

A 16 year old "lone parent" with one child will get, per week,

£57.90 income support
£63.94 Child Tax Credit ( £53.46 for each additional child)
£20.70 Child Benefit (£13.70 for each additional child)

and rent paid. If parent and/or child is disabled, they'll get more.