CTC and one child starting Uni. £125 per week drop?

michellen34

Hi

I'm just wondering if someone could help me please. I've just checked my bank and my ctc has dropped by £125 per week. I have my eldest starting Uni so knew his money stopped and one starting college which they know about. I have four children two of which have a disability so I receive the disability entitlement for them.
Does anyone think £125 per week drop for one child starting Uni seems an awful lot?

Thank you

Icequeen99

Does the child starting uni have any disabilities?

Have you received an award notice?

Is it possible they have missed off the child going to college as well....that would make it about the right figure.

IQ

michellen34

Hiya,

No it's my youngest two that have a disability. I don't think they would have missed of my child that's starting college as they have been told about this. I also phoned them the other day to let them know of a change of college and course and nothing was mentioned.
I'll have a look for the award notice and maybe give them a ring. As I never understand them.
Thank you

Toomuchdebt

Mine's dropped despite me ringing them last month to advise them that my 16 year old was staying on at school and being told my payments wouldn't be affected so I'll be calling them in half an hour.Muppets!!!I can't afford the road tax for the car now with them not paying me enough!

arcon5

Do you need financial support for a child at uni? Presumably they can, like many students, seek part time employment and support living costs with the abundant of student financial support available?

Toomuchdebt

blondebubbles wrote: »

The system doesn't update children staying on in full time education until Monday onwards (1st Sept)

Yep I rang them and this is what she said. However she also didn't know whether I would get an interim payment after that day or whether it would be added on to the rest of the payments until April. So I have to ring up again on Monday to find out.

michellen34

arcon5 wrote: »

Do you need financial support for a child at uni? Presumably they can, like many students, seek part time employment and support living costs with the abundant of student financial support available?

Hi I didn't say I needed payments for my son going to Uni. I was fully aware his payments would stop. I only asked if this amount seemed right as it did seen an awful lot for one child

Toomuchdebt

blondebubbles wrote: »

That's correct. They have no way of knowing what the payments will be until calculated.

You'd think in this day and age that they'd be able to do that in advance particularly as the amounts won't actually change-my 16 year old is continuing at school so I should get the same amount as I did last week-don't know why it needs recalculating at all tbh..

michellen34

I do have some changes but it would be better if it was calculated in advance. I have two bus passes to buy this week on top of everything else

Fredbloogs

Did you phone them to see if system has updated? If so are you getting an extra payment or are they adding it on to rest of year payments. I won't get chance to phone them today to see if they have updated my payments yet. Thanks

Nada666

Toomuchdebt wrote: »

Mine's dropped despite me ringing them last month to advise them that my 16 year old was staying on at school and being told my payments wouldn't be affected so I'll be calling them in half an hour.Muppets!!!I can't afford the road tax for the car now with them not paying me enough!

Yup, that's what that money is for.