Incapacity benefit as a student?

Oldernotwiser

saving_pennies wrote: »

I don't get IB as I didn't pay enough NI so I got IS instead. I went to college/uni whilst on IS and was still able to claim all benefits, however I did not get student loan as my course was not eligible.

If you talk to Student Finance England, there is an alternative to the student loans/maintanence grant called Special Support Grant for people on benefits so that it doesn't affect benefits - I think it is if you are on IS, not sure about IB but I'm sure SFE can tell you.

As for telling benefits office - you would need to let them know that you are doing the course. It was never a problem for me, they just needed to know what hours I was doing.

Have you looked at support at uni. I assume if you are on IB you have some health issues. There is Disabled Student Allowance you can claim for additional costs due to disability and this includes some individual support if you need this as well as specialist equipment if it is recommended.

Good luck with your course.

The Special Support Grant replaces the Maintenance Grant but it doesn't replace the Maintenance Loan, most of which will affect means tested benefits.

Oldernotwiser

yenool wrote: »

Were not talking about IS though.

Incapacity Benefit (IB) is not means tested.

NASA mentioned the IS top up which many people on IB receive,