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My daughter is going back to college in September, she has been on a course which she has finished and is starting a new course which is an access course.
She is 19 years I thought that I read somewhere you have to under 19 when you enrol to be able to claim cb, can anyone confirm this for me, and is an access course higher or further education ?
Thanks
Hi there, 19 and unders qualify for free education (& therefore Child Benefit) in non-advanced full time education. You might want to check it out with the college but an access course is usually non-advanced as it's a gateway to advanced / degree education...
Here's a link that seems to back up the under 19 rule
https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19
It might be a good idea to contact them to get clarification....the CAB should also be able to advise about this.
Hello lovffc
Under child support legislation, regular child maintenance payments must be made until a child is 16 years old, or 20 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education (A-level or equivalent), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. Before 10 December 2012, the upper age limit was 19.
However, if your child was 19 after this date and in full-time education, maintenance would be paid until the age of 20. In addition, if arrears have built up on a case, those arrears must still be paid, even if regular child maintenance payments have stopped.
Also, anyone aged 16 or 17 who isn't in education, isn't working and doesn't receive employment related benefits, is also defined as a child.
When a child leaves full-time education in the summer, Child Benefit generally continues until the first week of September.
The definition of full-time education is more than 12 hours a week of study, on a course up to and including A level standard. Some examples of non-advanced education are:
- GCE, GCSE, A level, AS level
- SCE Higher Grade or equivalent
- GNVQ, NVQ levels 1 2 and 3
- BTEC certificates and diplomas
- SCOTVEC National Certificate
- Scottish Certificate of 6th Year Studies
- Foundation Arts Course
- Secretarial Course with GCSE entry
- NNEB
- Hairdressing Courses
If the child is in advanced or higher education, they'll no longer qualify for child maintenance through the statutory service. Some examples of advanced and higher education are:
- Degree
- NVQ level 4 and above
- DHE
- HND
- National Higher Certificates (NHCs) and Higher National Diplomas (HNDs)
- SCTVEC, HNC, HND
- Teacher Training
You can find more information about eligibility for Child Benefit here, https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/eligibility
It can also depend on which type of maintenance arrangement you actually have, for example; if you have a family-based arrangement, there are no set rules to follow. That type of arrangement can include anything that both parents agree to.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have a web application, ‘Sorting out separation’. It aims to make it much easier for separating and separated parents (and childless couples) to find the support they need, when and where they need it, and encourages them to collaborate on a range of issues. The link is http://www.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation
Regards
William
Thank you for all your help
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