Anw survivor benefit - When are you considered to be living with someone?

The SVB will consider you to be living with a partner if:

• you live in the same house with someone who is 18 or older, and you
• share the household costs or

• look after each other

We refer to the person you share a house with as your 'partner'. This could be your husband, wife or friend, or a brother, sister, or grandchild.

If you start living with a partner, your Anw benefit will stop.

When are you not considered to be living with a partner?

For the purposes of the Anw scheme, you are not considered to be living with a partner if you share a house with:

• your father, or
• your mother, or
• an adult child of your own, or
• your adult foster child or stepchild, or
• someone who rents a room from you, or
• someone you rent a room from
  

Exceptions

If you live in the same house as another person, you can continue to receive Anw benefit in the following cases:

• you have a commercial relationship
• you live with your child
• you live with a grandchild under 18
• you start living with someone in order to care for them, or because you need care