Claiming ESA whilst attending University

~Chameleon~

Please see thread in Students forum...

BigAunty

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Do you qualify for income or contribution based ESA? Are you a full time student? Do you receive DLA?[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Angela Toal describes the main employment and support allowance (ESA) rules for students, pointing out where they are more restrictive than at present.[/FONT]

http://www.cpag.org.uk/cro/wrb/wrb206/students.htm

~Chameleon~

In receipt of income based ESA and DLA.

~Chameleon~

Interesting....

Overall, the implications of ESA for students are concerning. In the first place, fewer students will be able to access the income-related strand of the new benefit, which may result in fewer disabled people going into full-time education, or in more dropping out because of financial hardship. Secondly, conditionality attached to ESA may well interfere with the ability to attend a full-time course, given the proposed increase in the number of interviews people are required to attend and, in the longer term, the requirement to engage in work-related activity. The Government's agenda of getting disabled people back into work does not, on the face of it, promote the acquisition of skills through full-time education as a route to employment - the sort of skills that are arguably more likely to lead to sustainable employment. It's therefore hard to see how such a restrictive policy fits with the Government's other objectives to increase skills and sustainable employment and achieve equality for those with a disability by 2025.