collage and payments

when_will_it_end

Hi all just a quick question

If a child is kicked out of college for failing a CRB check is CSA still payable this happened a few weeks ago and were sure the mum is still claiming CB I did read that this is possible for up to 20 weeks but unsure if its the same in this case

I know the child wants to sign up for benifits on her own but mum is saying she will kick her out if she does so we dont know really whats going on

Can anyone give a definitive answer as to what should be happening

Thanks

CSAworkerx

Tricky, The child does need to be in full time education for us to class them as a Qualifying child, after the age of 16, If your 100% sure shes not attending college my advice would be to phone us and ask us to check the QC is in education, alltho if chb is still being paid, we may just phone the pwc to check this, and if she lies and says yes you may not get the decision you want.

As a parent of this child, id personally speak to the college and ask them, you are after all as much a parent as the pwc, so they should be willing to tell you any information you ask, if you can get somthing in writing to the effect the child is not attending, or has never attending, and you send this to us, your case for a case closure would increse.

again, you could contact chb directly, After proving that the child is no longer in full time ed, they may cancel the chb payments to the pwc, but ive heard for along time now that chb are not that helpful, still, id try all these steps.

his_wife

We are going through exactly the same thing, qc got kicked out of college in March, we are still paying csa, even though we have provided both child benefit and csa with a letter from college stating she was kicked off course, we have also been down the mp route , I wish you all the luck in the world in resolving this!!

when_will_it_end

thanks for the replies

there is not actually a CSA case here its a private arrangement, but paid at the rate CSA would ask for

payment is due today, but as the child hasn't been in college for over a week is it worth reducing the payment and then stopping it all together?

there is a separate payment made to the child call it spends if you like that will still be paid

thanks

Gigglepig

If you have a private arrangement, i would look at how any agreement/arrangement was worded. what does it say about how long the payment will be made for? Does it say that payment will be made up to a certain age, or specifically only if the dependant is in full time education?

I would also consider - What is the likely impact on the young adult if the payment is stopped? How will the young adult be supported, without this payment? If they are thinking of moving out, is it an alternative to pay directly to the young adult instead of to the other parent?