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will i lose benefits wen my son goes to residential care school
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polly76
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My son has finally been given a place by local authority hes been out of school for 5 yrs! Its in a specialist educational residential school. I currently receive child tax credits, dla and child benefit for him. When he starts will all of these stop even though I have to provide clothing inc uniform. Spending money etc. He will return home for school holidays only.
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This link DLA for children in residential school.. may give you some info... Page 33/34 I think....0
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My son has finally been given a place by local authority hes been out of school for 5 yrs! Its in a specialist educational residential school. I currently receive child tax credits, dla and child benefit for him. When he starts will all of these stop even though I have to provide clothing inc uniform. Spending money etc. He will return home for school holidays only.This link DLA for children in residential school.. may give you some info... Page 33/34 I think....
The link above should give you some advice about DLA, I took a screen shot of the following:
There is a link here about Child Benefit:-
https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-for-children-in-hospital-or-care
There is information here about Child Tax Credits:-
http://www.revenuebenefits.org.uk/tax-credits/guidance/how-do-tax-credits-work/entitlement/ctc-elements/0
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