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PreludeForTimeFeelers

clevertrev wrote: »

It's the 10th of December ! DWP website hasn't changed still says payment ends at 19 years. Online calculator still asks for net pay....... Thought the new scheme was starting today! As mentioned earlier in this thread. Anybody seen or heard any facts?

From CMOptions;

"The child named in the application is:

• • under the age of 16, or
  • between 16 and their 20th birthday and undertaking full-time, non-advanced education, or
  • between 16 and their 20th birthday, registered with certain types of government-approved training courses, and child benefit is in payment.

Previously the upper age limit was the 19th birthday, but this changed in late 2012 to bring the age limits in line with those of Child Benefit. This change applies to all the child maintenance schemes."


DWP's child maintenance page links over to Gov.Uk, which says the following

"It’s for children who are either:

• under 16
• 16 to 19 and in full-time education (not higher than A-level or equivalent)"

16 - 19 therefore still paid during the child's 19th year.

wayne0

FBaby wrote: »

I suppose a 19 year old could study 12 hours, do the additional work at home AND work full-time earning just about enough to survive...clearly, with limited time and money they would have no life.

48 hours is not "no life"... this 48 hours is what many parents do... note that this only includes 8 hours across six days...

not a great deal is it...

im also not saying they should do a full time job, and full time college... but whats wrong with somebody who is 19 years old making a contribution? if only buying their clothes etc...

RedSky

clevertrev wrote: »

It's the 10th of December ! DWP website hasn't changed still says payment ends at 19 years. Online calculator still asks for net pay....... Thought the new scheme was starting today! As mentioned earlier in this thread. Anybody seen or heard any facts?

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2012-12-10b.10WS.4

10 December 2012

Steve Webb (Minister of State (Pensions), Work and Pensions; Thornbury and Yate, Liberal Democrat)

Today I can confirm the Government will introduce their new, “pathfinder” statutory child maintenance scheme, which will be available to a very limited number of new applicants at the outset. All other cases will remain on existing schemes for the time being.

This Government are determined to avoid the mistakes of the past, when the 2003 scheme was launched too quickly and for too many clients. Through the pathfinder approach we will ensure that the 2012 scheme is operating effectively, before it is opened to all clients.

Eligibility for the 2012 scheme is based on the number of children—qualifying for child maintenance—named in the application. For the purposes of the pathfinder, there must be at least four children with the same two

parents named in the application, and the parents must have no existing child support case in respect of those children, for that application to be administered under the scheme, otherwise it will be handled according to the 2003 scheme rules.