Esa and pip

catherine1984
catherine1984 Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
in Education and skills
Hi I'm wanting to do a hair and beauty part time course at college. I have mental health and I'm on pip and old style esa will this affect my claim

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing
    Being a part time student doesn't affect any of your benefits. If there's a maintenance loan available to you then this will affect any means tested benefits you're claiming, even if you choose not to take that loan.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    Welcome to the community @catherine1984 :) 

    The course sounds interesting! Are you looking forward to it?

    I can see that poppy123456 has already answered your question. The Turn2Us website also has some information about this.
    Income-related ESA

    If you are already receiving income-related Employment and Support Allowance, you might be able to carry on getting it as a part-time student if you are studying 16 hours or less per week.

    If you receive student support in the form of a grant or a loan, this will probably reduce the amount of income-related ESA you can get.

    It is no longer possible to make new claims for income-related Employment and Support Allowance.

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