Transfer of Child Benefit

Caz3121

My DSS (17) is coming to live with us at the beginning of July. He currently lives with his mum and sister and she receives the CB, tax credits etc.
He will (hopefully) be starting an advanced college course so the CB will be due to stop first Monday in Sept.
As hubbie is being made redundant within the next month the £20 a week will be useful to him while he looks for a part time job and he can get his college funding sorted.
How easy/difficult/quick is it to get it transferred. We suspect that mum will not be too keen to lose 2 months tax credits as the benefits and maintenance stopping is the reason he has been told he has to get out (he wanted to move here last year but she could not afford to let him go as everything was still payable)

Oldernotwiser

When you say advanced college course, you do mean something of degree level, don't you?

Whoops - I think you said HNC in Scotland didn't you?

Caz3121

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

When you say advanced college course, you do mean something of degree level, don't you?

Whoops - I think you said HNC in Scotland didn't you?

he has an interview tomorrow for college here in Scotland and is looking at HNC or HND..didn't do too well at school (he is bright and has the ability but didn't do any work!) currently doing a First Diploma which I think is counted as an A level or possibly a bit more depending on his result

karent_2

It may take a while to sort out, but from my friends experience, as soon as you apply the mother's Child Benefit will be frozen until its sorted. Her ex-husband did this repeatedly, just to make her life difficult! If she objects it may take a long time, but if she agrees(maybe she would sign a letter?) that should speed up the process.

If you plan to claim tax credits do that as soon as you are responsible for your DSS. That way it should be paid to from when you claimed, once your child benefit is sorted.

Caz3121

Thanks karent, we probably won't be going down the tax credits route due income last year however I do not think it right that she should continue to claim CB, tax credits and LHA for a 3 bed whilst he is living here...she will be losing around £600 a month all in which was her reason for stopping him move last year...this year it does not matter as it would be stopping anyway (hence him being told he has to move out) however I am sure she will try and hang on to it as long as possible.....but I will be delighted to be proved wrong......

Oldernotwiser

Caz3121 wrote: »

he has an interview tomorrow for college here in Scotland and is looking at HNC or HND..didn't do too well at school (he is bright and has the ability but didn't do any work!) currently doing a First Diploma which I think is counted as an A level or possibly a bit more depending on his result

First Diploma is the equivalent of 4 GCSEs (level 2), National Diploma is equivalent to A levels (level 3). If it is the First Diploma he's doing it wouldn't get him on an HNC in England, although Scotland may be different.

Caz3121

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

First Diploma is the equivalent of 4 GCSEs (level 2), National Diploma is equivalent to A levels (level 3). If it is the First Diploma he's doing it wouldn't get him on an HNC in England, although Scotland may be different.

thanks - unfortunately I only understand the Scottish system - he was desperate to leave school and go to college and had applied for the First Diploma and another course that was 2 years, he didn't get the grades for the 2 year course and actually did not have the grades required for the 1 year (failed Maths) but they accepted him anyway... we have left him to do all his own chasing to prove he can do it and he announced he had an interview. I did ask him if they discussed his current course and qualifications and he said they were not bothered and would talk about it tomorrow...looks like this could be a waste of a flight ticket...now think he should be thinking about FE college to get some decent grades

Oldernotwiser

Caz3121 wrote: »

thanks - unfortunately I only understand the Scottish system - he was desperate to leave school and go to college and had applied for the First Diploma and another course that was 2 years, he didn't get the grades for the 2 year course and actually did not have the grades required for the 1 year (failed Maths) but they accepted him anyway... we have left him to do all his own chasing to prove he can do it and he announced he had an interview. I did ask him if they discussed his current course and qualifications and he said they were not bothered and would talk about it tomorrow...looks like this could be a waste of a flight ticket...now think he should be thinking about FE college to get some decent grades

I think you're right. He obviously applied for the National Diploma ( 2 years) and was only accepted for the First (one year). I'd be prepared with a back up plan.

Of course,if he'sin FE you'll be ableto claim CB and CTC for him and he can claim EMA.

peachyprice

I called CB people last week about tranferring to the other parent. As mentioned above, as soon as the mother tells them she's reinquising her rights her payments will stop. Your OH will then have to fill in the forms and send them back, it can take up to 16 weeks for the claim to go through but they will only back date it 3 months. If it's an older child (mine are 15) they will to a full investigation before they agree the claim, hence the amount of time it takes.

HTH

Caz3121

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I think you're right. He obviously applied for the National Diploma ( 2 years) and was only accepted for the First (one year). I'd be prepared with a back up plan.

Of course,if he'sin FE you'll be ableto claim CB and CTC for him and he can claim EMA.

Just an update - as suspected he went for the interview today to be told it was the wrong course for him and has been advised to go for the ND equiv 1 year course. Seems pretty keen on it and if completed will get him into the HND.
the course is not classed as advanced education so looks like we will get the CB ongoing, tax credits probably only minimum if anything, due to my income but guess there will be an interesting conversation to be had re maintenance now 1 child each...suspect the second word will be 'off' but she has spent the last years spouting on about how expensive the children are to keep and his £500 a month is nothing compared to what they cost her