Disability component and college

josieC
josieC Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

hi, my son is 16 and claims UC and receives the ‘no work related activity’ component as he left college due to mental health (severe OCD). He is now going to try college again for 2 days per week. Will he lose the UC? We claimed initially as an employment project said it’s help him find work if he claimed this how are he’s struggling with this. I don’t think he will cope in college so worried about losing this. Thank you

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,177 Championing
    edited June 2024

    If the course is full time does he claiming a disability benefit such as PIP/ADP or DLA? If so then going to college will not affect his UC. The only time it would be affected is if there's a maintenance loan available to him, regardless of whether he takes that loan or not.

    Once he starts college he will need to tell them by reporting the changes.

  • josieC
    josieC Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener

    thank you very much. He doesn’t get PiP. I’m not sure he would get it as he isn’t under any services. If we apply for PiP and don’t get it, would he still get UC in the application process?

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,177 Championing

    If the course is treated as full time then his UC will end if he’s a student because he’s not claiming a disability benefit.

    PIP is a completely different benefit to UC and one doesn’t affect the other in a bad way.

    To be entitled to PIP you do not have to be receiving any treatment of any kind. Whether there’s any entitlement will depend on how his health conditions affect him.

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