Claiming JSA and attending college

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  • bazza5070
    bazza5070 Posts: 142 Forumite
    Correct to an earlier answer by tactful.............

    you can only claim IS if your youngest child is under 5
    Skint but Debt Free at Last :T
  • Magnolia
    Magnolia Posts: 1,268
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    I am not sure if the rules have changed or not as most information about benefits is not quite as good as it could be.

    I know if you are doing a HE course you cannot claim jobseekers but I have known some doing a FE course be successful *shrugs*

    The benefits page on education on the direct gov website only talks about HE - I could find no mention of FE so what I would advise is to go back to the Job Centre and double check that they understand it is a FE course and only 14 hours.

    My understanding is that for an adult the 16 hour rule kicks in where a 16-18 is classed as full time with 12 hours and for council tax purposes a full time course is 22 hours (adults only) *shrugs again*

    The ones I know that got Jobseekers were all doing Access.

    I could be totally wrong and the goalposts have been moved again while I wasn't looking;)

    Good luck.
    Mags - who loves shopping
  • So what was the outcome in end...i asking this as daughters boyfriend doing 11 hours a week access course, course is listed as part time...but has 450 hours which is a full time course as done over more weeks than normal courses .
    Contact me on facebook Cherie Walpole x
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