ESA - Child left school

skye_

Hi, my daughter turned 18 and left school at the end of last term. Her child benefit and tax credits stopped second week of September but I'm still receiving the same amount of ESA, £360 a fortnight (esa and disability premiums). She is now full time at the local college and its just me and her who live in the house.

My question is, should my ESA amount have changed? Should I still be getting £360 a fortnight? I never called them and told them she has left school as I thought they would have known when the child benefit stopped.

Thank you.

Gpod

The amount that you receive for ESA is not affected by your daughter's status. As an income-based ESA claimant in the Support Group, you should be receiving £109.30 per week of ESA plus the enhanced disability premium of £15.75. A total of £125.05 per week.

However, if your daughter is now in full time further education, you may be entitled to Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit again so should reapply.

skye_

Gpod wrote: »

The amount that you receive for ESA is not affected by your daughter's status. As an income-based ESA claimant in the Support Group, you should be receiving £109.30 per week of ESA plus the enhanced disability premium of £15.75. A total of £125.05 per week.

However, if your daughter is now in full time further education, you may be entitled to Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit again so should reapply.

I get another disability premium which takes the total to £360 a fortnight though.

Is this still right?

Gpod

skye_ wrote: »

I get another disability premium which takes the total to £360 a fortnight though.

Is this still right?

Yes, sorry. If you qualify for the severe disability premium, you will receive an additional £61.85, so you should receive a total of £186.90 per week before any deductions.

skye_

But do I qualify for the severe disability premium as my daughter is now 18 and at full time college?

Diary

skye_ wrote: »

Hi, my daughter turned 18 and left school at the end of last term. Her child benefit and tax credits stopped second week of September but I'm still receiving the same amount of ESA, £360 a fortnight (esa and disability premiums). She is now full time at the local college and its just me and her who live in the house.

My question is, should my ESA amount have changed? Should I still be getting £360 a fortnight? I never called them and told them she has left school as I thought they would have known when the child benefit stopped.

Thank you.

Your daughter leaving school is a change in circumstances and you should have let dwp know as per the rules of your benefit claim. As a general rule dwp departments don't communicate effectively with each other or to hmrc so you shouldn't assume they do.

You haven't given enough information to hazard a guess at your severe disability premium eligibility which is why you should let dwp know as soon as possible to avoid any overpayment.

poppy12345

skye_ wrote: »

Hi, my daughter turned 18 and left school at the end of last term. Her child benefit and tax credits stopped second week of September but I'm still receiving the same amount of ESA, £360 a fortnight (esa and disability premiums). She is now full time at the local college and its just me and her who live in the house.

My question is, should my ESA amount have changed? Should I still be getting £360 a fortnight? I never called them and told them she has left school as I thought they would have known when the child benefit stopped.

Thank you.

You should still be recieving tax credits and child benefit while your daughter is still in full time education (college) you just need to ring them both and tell them the details of the college and name of coarse which she is doing. You Severe Disability Premium will also continue if your daughter remains in full time education, up until she reaches her 20th birthday. No need to ring ESA to tell them about this. I know because it was the same for me when my daughter was in college.

skye_

poppy12345 wrote: »

You should still be recieving tax credits and child benefit while your daughter is still in full time education (college) you just need to ring them both and tell them the details of the college and name of coarse which she is doing. You Severe Disability Premium will also continue if your daughter remains in full time education, up until she reaches her 20th birthday. No need to ring ESA to tell them about this. I know because it was the same for me when my daughter was in college.

No, I'm definitely not entitled to tax credits or child benefit as the course she is doing is advanced.

nannytone_2

in that case, the severe disability premium will stop, as you are living with a non dependant adult and not a child.

you need to inform the DWP yourself and will have to repay the SDP from the time your child related benefits stopped