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arguing an interruption in education
wondering if anyone will have some practical experience of this.
client has a child aged 17 with a learning disability/autism. child gets enhanced daily living pip. currently mum gets cb and ctc as was in school. school placement broke down in january this year and no longer there. there isnt a longer term plan yet as the parent is still going around the houses getting all the options together.
i think im fairly confident that under normal rules the cb should have ended last day in feb and for ctc when he left school.
what im wondering is if anyone has practical experience of using the interruption route as a way of continuing cb and ctc. the child’s school place broike down due to disability related issues.
spoke to CPAG today who have given me a lot of useful info so i think mum will need to be clear hes intending to go into another form of non advanced education but its always handy to have experiences if anyone has done this in practice to flag up a any potential issues that may arise or other thoughts.
This seems a perfect example of the fact that HMRC ignore an interruption of any length which is due to the young person’s illness or disability ‘of the mind or body’ and should continue for as long as is reasonable to do so. (p169-170 of new CPAG).
I have had parents use it in the context of children being diagnosed with cancer, without too many issues. Think the key is emphasising that the ONLY reason the absence is occurring is due to the illness and not a desire to leave education etc.
Hope that’s what you were looking for…
This seems a perfect example of the fact that HMRC ignore an interruption of any length which is due to the young person’s illness or disability ‘of the mind or body’ and should continue for as long as is reasonable to do so. (p169-170 of new CPAG).
I have had parents use it in the context of children being diagnosed with cancer, without too many issues. Think the key is emphasising that the ONLY reason the absence is occurring is due to the illness and not a desire to leave education etc.
Hope that’s what you were looking for…
i think the issue i can see is that this might not technically be an interruption as he has officially left school but doesnt yet have a clear decision on what he will do next so as we stand is it an end of education rather than an interruption.
common sense would dictate its an idea to give them some time to make a decision on the future and treat it as an interruption in the interim but well…...hmrc eh.
thanks for your response