Not at all sure about this one, so any help please.
18 year old girl severely disabled attends residential special school funded by education dept. Gets DLA h/care h/mob. Comes back to mother weekends and holidays. Mother gets Carer's Allowance and CTC for the girl because she is under 19 and in f/time non advanced education. Definition of f/time for CTC purposes is over 12 hrs/wk. Crucially I do not think only hours which would be suitable for a non-disabled count towards this figure. All the hours count (approx 25hrs/wk in this case)even if they are all designed for disabled students.
For Incapacity Benefit in Youth purposes f/time education is defined as over 21hrs/wk, but only hours also suitable for a non-disabled person are counted. As the girl is at a special school all the hours are designed for disabled students, so the girl is not in f/time education and can therefore get IBY (subject to the other conditions).
Does this mean the mother can get CTC and the girl get IBY at the same time?
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