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fairy · #1 01-15-2011, 11:02 PM

Hello,
My daughter is 16 in two weeks time and as she is not in full time education due to being medical home tutored,

My question is do we have to start applying for ESA as her family allowance will stop and we are unsure what to do we have been thinking about making a appointment with CAB to see if they can help any advice would be very helpful ,
thank you for your time x
Fairy

**corinne** · #2 01-15-2011, 11:27 PM

do you get child tax credits? if you do then you need to work out if you will be better off as you cant get them if your daughter gets esa, the amount of esa is £55 for the first 13 weeks (assessment time) and goes up to £95 after that (its about them amounts not sure of exact amount but friend is getting esa for her son as he is coming up to 20 so will lose child tax credits anyway

saminai2007 · #3 01-17-2011, 06:34 PM

I think in order to continue to qualify for Child Tax Credit after the age of 16 she would need to continue full time education (college/Sixth form). You should check with the CAB as i think there may be an exception to this rule. The same rule applies for Child Benefit. So if your daughter made a claim for ESA, you would obviously lose CTC and Child Benefit.

**corinne** · #4 01-17-2011, 08:00 PM

right saminai i didnt know that as matt went straight to s/n further ed college so dont know how it works if they are home schooled, wouldnt it be the same as she is continuing with her education really isnt she??
corinne

fairy · #5 01-17-2011, 11:23 PM

thank you a lot to think about, Tashi is continuing her education till the end of the school year she is also going to be doing OU study as it is unlikely she will be well enough to do her GCSEs and wants to earn her way into college and not on merit,