Child tax credits at 19 and at college

dinkytoy

blondebubbles wrote: »

As mentioned earlier, for CTC it doesn't matter if the course is funded or not. It's about the qualification the child is doing and how many hours. So from what you have said, the qualification she is doing and the number of hours still meet the criteria.

However if your sister claims income support, your mum can't claim CTC.

My mum want to keep the status quo but for arguments sake which is worth more to mum?

Even if my sister was paid direct she would play here "keep" because we were brought up that way and mum has always been as generous as she could be because she knows what we have given up to care for her. Well when she is as well as she can be she realises but her conditions can make her incredibly selfish.

Is their any funding for the course if the college don't have a hardship fund type?

I just hope my sis gets an apprentership ASP, her peers all seem to have them but the job club think that my sister is over qualified as she left school with several BTECs (level 2s) and as she was unable to apply for anything until we had mum sorted she went to college for more qualifications, she could have sat at home and claimed carers and IS but she got another BTEC level three before starting the C&G last year. It's this course she wants to pursue into work, she chose the other qualifications at 14 and we all know how much can change between 14 and 18!.

Thanks again for all your help, this forum has been amazing both for this and a problem I had a few years ago x.

Topcat1982

How much does the City & Guild course cost?

pipkin71

dinkytoy wrote: »

Can the college stop mum claiming the child related benefits? If I remeber last year I had to contact the college and then tax credits can check with them that the course fits the criteria for the benefits.

It won't affect mums benefit as she lost the premium thingy when my sis hit her 18 birthday, so she then wasn't classed as living alone anymore, just as she did when I was 18 and still living at home.

Many thanks to everyone who has read the thread and many, many thanks to those who have heped with my questions x.

If you mean the severe disablity premium, as long as your mum was still claiming child related benefits for your sister and there were no other adults living in the house then the SDP should have continued.

My eldest daughter is 18 and will remain at college until she is 19+. I am still claiming the SDP as my daughter is classed as a dependant rather than a non-dependant.

Of course, if you are still living at home, as you are over 18, then your mum would have had the SDP withdrawn

merlin68

You also cant claim carers allowance if the course is described as full time.
My dds college will fund 75% of the college tuition fee,for low income families, is this an option?