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conquistador

An additional factor is when they start university and we are both living together - if we are married, and our only income is from student finance england and any university bursaries, are we eligible for the Adult Dependants' Grant from student finance? Are we each eligible to make this claim? what are the details about this claim?

''You won't get the Adult Dependants' Grant if your adult dependant is also studying and getting student finance or Disabled Students' Allowances.''

Answered, access to learning fund is the applicable fund.

conquistador

pmlindyloo wrote: »

As you have found this is really a very complex area and personally I would go straight to the 'horse's mouth' and telephone the Child benefit office and call in at the local council re. the HB.

As an aside, I am very surprised that CAB did not help. Did you visit one with a Welfare & Benefits specialist or did you see a generalist advisor?

I am awaiting reply from HB. It was an appointment with a generalist advisor, the term impartial advisor was not applicable.

miduck

conquistador wrote: »

An additional factor is when they start university and we are both living together - if we are married, and our only income is from student finance england and any university bursaries, are we eligible for the Adult Dependants' Grant from student finance? Are we each eligible to make this claim? what are the details about this claim?

''You won't get the Adult Dependants' Grant if your adult dependant is also studying and getting student finance or Disabled Students' Allowances.''

Answered, access to learning fund is the applicable fund.

No, the ALF is available for cases of unexpected hardship, not for you to supplement their income.

BigAunty

conquistador wrote: »

An additional factor is when they start university and we are both living together - if we are married, ....

Generally, for all means tested stuff - benefits, student allowances, etc, marriage is irrelevant as they treat couples the same whether they are unmarried or married or in a civil partnership.

debrag

conquistador wrote: »

#Please only reply if you have knowledge to help or can direct me to where I will find the answers to my questions. Do not comment about young love or irresponsibility or any other opinionated ignorant views#

I am currently 19 (Birthday September) and in my first year of Uni, I will be moving into private rented accommodation between July and September. I receive the full Student Finance England Loans and Grants.
My partner is 17 (Birthday September also) living about 100 miles away with their parents and in their first year of A-Levels. Their household income is about 25k pa. They currently live in Wales on the border but will be moving to England in April.
The plan is for us to live together whilst we remain in education as after their A-Levels they will go straight into the same Uni as me. We will be living in either a studio, 1 bedroom apartment or 1 bedroom with shared facilities. We will both be named tenants on the same rental agreement.
Neither of us are employed. Neither of us have individual savings of more than 16k.

Council tax does not apply as we will be living in a house with only student residents.
They can claim housing benefit as they are in full time education at A-Level, which will contribute to our combined rent costs.

I would like further information based on the above details. Specifically;

Does there need to be some sort of official statement from their parents agreeing with this proposed arrangement in order for us to start processing claims?

Because of our current ages and the fact that we both have birthdays about the time as our tenancy agreement starts, does this affect when we can make applications?
Will they definitely receive housing benefit, if not what factors affect it?

Will I receive child benefits as they are now resident with myself, if I claim as I will be the new 'carer' as it were? Or as we are both tenants is child benefit no longer an eligible application?

Any info and help regarding the above requests is truly greatly appreciated.

CAB were utterly useless as they forced their opinions about the situation into the matter and concluded that as they didn't agree with it and consequently we did not need any information.

[STRIKE]Who are they, you're partners parents + partner + sibling?[/STRIKE]
You want to claim CB for your partner?
You mention living in a 1 bed flat/studio? I don think students can get hb.
sorry your post is confusing, one min its we the next its they, sometimes it sounds like you're the parent.

clemmatis

debrag wrote: »

Who are they, you're partners parents + partner + sibling?
You want to claim CB for your partner?

sorry your post is confusing, one min its we the next its they, sometimes it sounds like you're the parent.

"They" is the partner.

debrag

clemmatis wrote: »

"They" is the partner.

That makes sense, just ignore my first question

OP does mention living in a 1 bed flt then living with fellow students or does OP just mean the 2 of them

conquistador

debrag wrote: »

OP does mention living in a 1 bed flt then living with fellow students or does OP just mean the 2 of them

those were possible housing scenarios highlighting that it will be council tax exempt as the property will only be inhabited by students, Obviously i can't specify exactly what we will be living in so I listed the type of housing as a way of estimating LHA

PippaGirl_2

hb is rarely paid to higher education students and seems unlikely in this case. CB is not paid for students in higher education either. Like most students OP, you will both need to manage on student finance supplimented with employment if needed to support yourselves while you study. It is possible. As you say neither of you will be eligible for CT so you won't need to pay that. Being married rather than a couple will make a difference only in that when applying for maintenance grants they will then assess your joint incomes rather than your parents, which could increase your maintenance grant allocation if you or your stb partner's parents earn high amounts or have capital.

HTH

LunaLady

For someone who wants help, the OP is rather confrontational and a little rude.

And its really creepy that you want to claim child benefit for someone you are sleeping with.