Carers Allowance & full time student

jdeerfc1

Hapless wrote: »

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/DG_10012525

Thanks for the above link. But i am afraid this throws up more questions than answers as if night time care is not included how can we get to The 35 hours of care ? my son is not at uni everyday in the week but as previous posts have stated he will be classed as doing revising while at home
And on the question on night time care why is this not included as my daughters fits are mostly but not exclusivly at night .

Hapless_2

jdeerfc1 wrote: »

Thanks for the above link. But i am afraid this throws up more questions than answers as if night time care is not included how can we get to The 35 hours of care ? my son is not at uni everyday in the week but as previous posts have stated he will be classed as doing revising while at home
And on the question on night time care why is this not included as my daughters fits are mostly but not exclusivly at night .

Full-time education means 21 hours or more of supervised study each week undertaken through a school, college, university or similar educational establishment. This includes time spent on related exercises, experiments, projects or examinations. The study need not be in the presence of a tutor.

If he is a full time student then no he cannot get carers allowance.


The 35 hours can be anytime, there is nothing to say that night care is not covered. Only 1 person can claim carers for one person, even if 2 people care for them (1 in day, 1 at night).