16 year olds benefits?

hulagirl

My daughter is staying on for the 6th form at school and still living at home. She will be on a full time course in September. What I have been trying to find out is whether she is entitled to any benefits? Somone has told me she may be entitled to a £30 a week incentive payment for staying in further education but im struggling to find out if this is the case or not.

I would be grateful if anyone who has been in this sitaution could let me know what the sitaution is here.

Thanks in advance - most grateful.

Indie_Kid

It depends on your income. (and that of your partner if you have one)

Caz3121

here you go - it is called EMA http://ema.direct.gov.uk/

gorgeousgeorge

Caz3121 wrote: »

here you go - it is called EMA http://ema.direct.gov.uk/

be warned, if she has a day off or is late for the 'register' she could lose her EMA for that week, ( all depending on the college, and how strict they are) :eek:

elisebutt65

Yup - if any of our students miss one session then that's it" - no Ema for the week.

Not only that but their bonus payments depend on their achievement, effort and behaviour. I just had to refuse to authorise one student's bonus over her behaviour - she's a distinction level student and is always around but unfortunately her behaviour is so awful, I couldn't justify signing the form.

Oldernotwiser

I wish all schools and colleges were so strict.

FactualGnome

Are you claiming Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits for her?

Kate78

Yep, it's the EMA you're thinking of and the rate she will receive (it's paid direct to the student) will depend on your household income.

You should still be able to claim child benefit for her as she will be in full time education (this goes up until 19th birthday - to cover kids with September birthdays).

Oldernotwiser

Kate78 wrote: »

Yep, it's the EMA you're thinking of and the rate she will receive (it's paid direct to the student) will depend on your household income.

You should still be able to claim child benefit for her as she will be in full time education (this goes up until 19th birthday - to cover kids with September birthdays).

Believe it or not, up to the 20th birthday, which applies to Child Tax Credit too!

zoo20000uk

You can still claim child benefit and tax credits while she's at home but also, if she moves out and stays in what's classed as full-time education, you can still claim for her. I was told that I was responsible for my son until he was 25 if he chose to continue to study full-time and that I could carry on claiming under certain special circumstances!! I don't know quite how that works, but he's 20 years old now and working. When he was at college and renting a room, he did a few hours as a gymnastics coach to pay his rent and I'm sure the council helped a bit too...but he was also doing enough hours at college to be termed as a full-time student. I used to buy shopping on-line and have it sent to his flat every two weeks. Of course, I would spend more than I claimed, but that's Mums for you. He also got EMA. If you ring up the CB office and the Tax Cred people, they can sort everything out over the phone. I didn't even need to sign any forms...just have all my reference numbers handy and give them the amount of hours my son was working and studying. Good luck!

Kate78

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Believe it or not, up to the 20th birthday, which applies to Child Tax Credit too!

Thanks, checked on HMRC and updated my brain with this snippit.