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Full time Student/Lone Parent & IS
Hi all,
Can someone please tell me if a full time student doing a full time Nursing & Midwifery Degree is still entitled to IS.?
Client is a lone parent and has a dependant aged 5, currently in receipt of IS. She ‘may’ be entitled to a full bursary, maintenance allowance, child care allowance, child allowance and parental learning allowance.
I am reading page 602 CPAG book (Full time students entitled to IS) and it appears that she would still be entitled to IS, as her child is under 7 years old. Does this mean she would also be entitled to full HB & CTB?? Surely not with bursary etc??
Is this correct or am i reading it wrong???
Have a look at CPAG pages 621 - 630 e.g. page 624 refers to NHS bursaries (counted as income for IS).
Thank you
Yes I have read these parts too, but it all appears to be contradictive!? It just refers you to one page after another, one minute I think I have got it and then I read something else and I am…well very confused!!!
Technically still entitled to IS but Andy’s right the bursary counts as income and is usually high enough to mean there is no income support - she can still get child tax credit and housing and council tax benefit but the amount of the HB/CTB will depend on how much the bursary is etc.
Technically still entitled to IS but Andy’s right the bursary counts as income and is usually high enough to mean there is no income support - she can still get child tax credit and housing and council tax benefit but the amount of the HB/CTB will depend on how much the bursary is etc.
Ah bless you!!
Thank you Nicky that’s what I needed to be confirmed.
Actually - with regard to CTB she should be exempt from paying council tax as a full time student - i always forget that bit! ;)
Actually - with regard to CTB she should be exempt from paying council tax as a full time student - i always forget that bit! ;)
Thanks, no worries…thats something i did know!! ;oP