caer allowance

christopherjhammond

care allowance....my 18 year old daughter claims care allowance for me her dad,,shes at college .whom confirm shes there 17 hours per week. A levels.. she does 3 houres per wk home studys,sat next to me painting.....I don't call this full time education...and she looks after me a lot more than the 35 houres per wk req. but its refused..not fair...SO SHE COULD GO OUT AND GET A JOB.ILL PASS OUT AT HOME AND WONT BE FOUND TILL SHE RETURNS..shall we do that?--any advice

Tigsteroonie

Hello and welcome to MSE

Is your daughter going to ask the DWP to reconsider their decision on the basis that she is not a full-time student, and sending supporting evidence from the school?

Please bear in mind it's not the actual number of hours she attends, it's whether the study is classed as "full-time" or not. This includes home/self-study.

More information here: https://www.nus.org.uk/en/advice/caring-and-studying/benefits-for-student-carers/

Full-time education in this sense is defined as 21 hours per week or more of classes, lectures, seminars and the individual study time expected by the university, college or learning provider. In practice, if a provider says the course is full-time the benefits agency will treat it as such.

If your course is full-time but you study for significantly lower hours than normal, for example because you are exempt from a module, you may be able to make a case you are not full-time as defined – but you should seek advice to help you do so.

Part-time students who can show they are not expected to study 21 hours a week or more should still be able to claim Carer’s Allowance.

kingfisherblue

christopherjhammond wrote: »

care allowance....my 18 year old daughter claims care allowance for me her dad,,shes at college .whom confirm shes there 17 hours per week. A levels.. she does 3 houres per wk home studys,sat next to me painting.....I don't call this full time education...and she looks after me a lot more than the 35 houres per wk req. but its refused..not fair...SO SHE COULD GO OUT AND GET A JOB.ILL PASS OUT AT HOME AND WONT BE FOUND TILL SHE RETURNS..shall we do that?--any advice

Studying for A levels (assuming that she is doing three or four) is usually classed as full time education.Three hours a week home study sounds very low - when I did my A levels, I studied for three hours a night. Unfortunately what you call full time education and what the government define it as may be two different things.


As you might pass out if your daughter was at work, presumably you might also pass out while she is at school. You could have Careline, which is a pendant that you can tug when you need help.

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I think full time education is classed as 13 hours per week or more, thats said I agree that young people who provide care and save the country £billions should be treated better.

Alice_Holt

And https://www.welcomemobility.co.uk/education-carers-allowance.aspx

(Per post 2)

tomtom256

I thought it was also down to whether the college states it is full or part time.


Can she not get something from them confirming full/part time status?