Housing benefit and education

n31

Looking for advice,
I want atudy nursing rather than social work now.
Will housing  benefit still pay part of the rent when I stop claiming old style esa.
Thanks in advance 

poppy123456

You don't need to stop your ESA if you become a full time student. You must be claiming a disability benefit such as either PIP/DLA or ADP. If your ESA is Income Related and there's a maintenance loan available to you then it will affect your ESA even if you decide not to take that loan.

If your ESA is contributions based then a loan will not affect this.

For housing benefit one of the following must apply.

f you are a full-time student who is already getting Housing Benefit, you can continue to get Housing Benefit as a student if you meet one of the following conditions (these conditions also apply if you are a full-time student who falls into one of the groups who can still make new claims for Housing Benefit):

• You receive Income Support (IS) or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

• You are a lone parent or a member of a couple who are responsible for a child and you are both full-time students 

• You are a lone foster carer with a child formally placed with you by a local authority or voluntary agency

• You receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult Disability Payment Scotland or Attendance Allowance, the disability or severe

If you are under 66 and receive student support, in the form of a grant or loan, this will usually reduce the amount of Housing Benefit you can get. Unless you also get Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), in which case you will automatically receive your maximum entitlement to Housing Benefit.

This means if your ESA stops then your housing benefit could be affected. You will need to report the changes to your local Authority and ESA if you become a student.

n31

I dont receive dla puppy etc

poppy123456

Then if your ESA is Income Related this will end if you're a full time student. This is likely to affect your housing benefit, one of the following applies..

• You are a lone parent or a member of a couple who are responsible for a child and you are both full-time students 

• You are a lone foster carer with a child formally placed with you by a local authority or voluntary agency

If the course is part time then your ESA can continue but the maintenance loan rules still apply.