DLA and residential care

Hi please bear with me its a Monday and my head is a shed. Can a parent claim DLA for a child who is in residential care Mon to Fri.

Thanks

do you mean residentail care or residentail school? DLA is payable for children in residentail school on a pro rata basis.

When a child goes into a residential school they can keep the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) care component for the first 28 days they are there. They will then lose the care component for any complete days (midnight to midnight) spent in a residential school after the first 28 days. Only count a complete period – midnight to midnight – as a day in school.

Two or more periods in a residential school will be added together towards the 28 days if 28 days or less separates them.