benefits for college student

[debsoutho]

My friends son has just started college. He will only be there 3 and a half days of the week. they claimclaim Family allowance, is there anything that he can claim as he cant take a full time job, and will be quite difficult to work part time because of the days that he does.

[wnjxc21]

if your doing under 16 hours in college you'll probably be entitled to some level of housing/council tax benefit depends on the individual case

[maviscoull]

depending on what course he is doing she could still get tax credits. she will need to imform them of what course he is doing. i got while my daughter went to college.

[angeldraws]

Do you mean Child Benefit?
Realy it depends if the course is classed as fulltime or not - some courses for 16 hours a week are classed as fulltime as the home study is meant to take up quite a bit of time too.....if it is classed as a fulltime course and the son is under 19, it would be worth applying to his local education authority for an Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) - if they do these in their local council. They usually amount to 30 quid a week providing the student attends every lesson.....