UC is making me pay

poppy12345

marcia_ said:

julie_gary said:

for the course only it wasn't available for me 

 How did you live while on the course in not getting a loan? 

 Working? 

Universal credit? 

They claimed UC which is why they "didn't bother to check" if they were eligible for a loan.

calcotti

elsien said:

I am still unclear how the OP ascertained the loan wasn’t available to them. 

Which isn't surprising as OP had repeatedly failed to reply to any questions asked. I'm out.

NedS

Spoonie_Turtle said:

julie_gary said:

for the course only it wasn't available for me 

You are likely to need to give UC proof of this - e.g. that you investigated and weren't eligible - to stand a chance of them accepting that was the case.

Correct, and the proof would be that you applied and were rejected. But you never applied, so how would you know that you were not eligible (that's a rhetorical question)

Students are only really able to claim UC where they have student funding. If you have student funding, it will be taken into account and deductions made to your UC award, and you will be placed into NWRR with no expectations of having to look for work. If you are eligible for student funding, but never applied, you will be treated as if you did apply as appears to be the case here.

If you were truly not eligible for student funding, then you would remain in the AWRR regime and would be expected to look for work, but would likely be immediately sanctioned for not being available for work as you are at college.

So either student income is deducted or you are not eligible for UC. Either way, you would not be entitled to a full UC award.

julie_gary

poppy12345 said:

julie_gary said:

for the course only it wasn't available for me 

How do you know that because in another comment you said you didn't bother applying because you were claiming UC.

I'll ask again, have you used the calculator link that was posted twice to check for certain?

i did use it and i was on uc at the time 

julie_gary

i was placed in the not working group cos i was looking after my mum as well as college but college got to much for me cos my mum is more demanding shes got dementia 

poppy12345

Before anyone can help you further you need to have another read of the thread and answer all the questions.

julie_gary

it dont matter il sort it i asked for advice tried to explain my situation and no one could help bye

Spoonie_Turtle

julie_gary said:

it dont matter il sort it i asked for advice tried to explain my situation and no one could help bye

No one could really help because you didn't give clear information. 

Hopefully you'll be more forthcoming with UC so they can make whatever is the correct decision in your situation.

poppy12345

julie_gary said:

it dont matter il sort it i asked for advice tried to explain my situation and no one could help bye

You didn't give any information and the small amount you gave was drip fed slowly through out, which is why it's 4 pages long.

You keep saying you claimed UC, yes we know that. People asked you questions but you didn't answer them. No one can help unless you answer them.

julie_gary

Hi Iv'e got proof that i wasn't entitled to a maintenance loan i got the letter yesterday