No Income support as a Full time student!

MissMoneypenny

monkeytrumpet wrote: »

With the risk of sounding old fashioned could the clildrens father pay some money?

Cro156 wrote: »

I'm the daddy:D

At the risk of sounding modern; could the childrens mother pay some money?

Or sounding old fashioned; could you take part time work?

Naf

1940sGal wrote: »

Not if she's returning to full time education after the hols.

Not what JobCentre told me. I'd best be able to get it across the summer or I'm screwed and will be very annoyed.

1940sGal

Naf wrote: »

Not what JobCentre told me. I'd best be able to get it across the summer or I'm screwed and will be very annoyed.

While i was at uni I tried to claim during the holidays. Strictly speaking i was looking for a job but i couldn't claim because i was told my £6000 student loan was enough to last the year (though if you took rent out that left me with £4000 and i'd love to see anyone live on £4k/year).

I applied online and the person who called me to confirm my appointment never said a word about not being able to claim, it wasn't until i'd got to the JC itself.

My sister found the same while she was at uni.

PippaGirl_2

You didn't used to be able to claim in the holidays unless you were a single parent of a child aged under 11. Not sure whether the age of the child has now reduced to 5, but now full time students are able to claim JSA and ESA during the summer breaks. When I was a student I wasn't entitled to anything and lived on a credit card.

Dunroamin

PippaGirl wrote: »

You didn't used to be able to claim in the holidays unless you were a single parent of a child aged under 11. Not sure whether the age of the child has now reduced to 5, but now full time students are able to claim JSA and ESA during the summer breaks. When I was a student I wasn't entitled to anything and lived on a credit card.

Only if they're lone parents or disabled - most students can't!

If they're lone parents, those with a child under 5 can claim IS in the holidays, those with older children (that they claim CB) for can claim JSA.

Naf

1940sGal wrote: »

While i was at uni I tried to claim during the holidays. Strictly speaking i was looking for a job but i couldn't claim because i was told my £6000 student loan was enough to last the year (though if you took rent out that left me with £4000 and i'd love to see anyone live on £4k/year).

I applied online and the person who called me to confirm my appointment never said a word about not being able to claim, it wasn't until i'd got to the JC itself.

My sister found the same while she was at uni.

I was told that as I'm a parent (nothing mentioned about needing to be a lone parent) I can claim. HB only count your student finance as income during term time, jobcentre said they do the same.

1940sGal

Naf wrote: »

I was told that as I'm a parent (nothing mentioned about needing to be a lone parent) I can claim. HB only count your student finance as income during term time, jobcentre said they do the same.

ah well to be fair i didn't know it was different for parents. I just knew from my experience that when i was in FT education i couldn't claim a penny.

sunnyone

1940sGal wrote: »

While i was at uni I tried to claim during the holidays. Strictly speaking i was looking for a job but i couldn't claim because i was told my £6000 student loan was enough to last the year (though if you took rent out that left me with £4000 and i'd love to see anyone live on £4k/year).

I applied online and the person who called me to confirm my appointment never said a word about not being able to claim, it wasn't until i'd got to the JC itself.

My sister found the same while she was at uni.

£4K per year after housing costs is more then job seekers allowance so many, many people manage to live on less than you will have available and many wont have child related benefits to subsidise their incomes.

~Chameleon~

sunnyone wrote: »

£4K per year after housing costs is more then job seekers allowance so many, many people manage to live on less than you will have available and many wont have child related benefits to subsidise their incomes.

Did you actually read the post you were replying to? It seems to becoming a dying art around here these days!

Dunroamin

Naf wrote: »

I was told that as I'm a parent (nothing mentioned about needing to be a lone parent) I can claim. HB only count your student finance as income during term time, jobcentre said they do the same.

Only lone parents, disabled students and student couples can claim benefits.