Back to education allowance

Help!!!!

Can a adult dependent qualify for back to education allowance?
EG: The husband claiming JSA for the couple can the wife as the dependent qualify for it?
Also how does it work? Do you apply for a course then fill out the form or fill out the form first?

Gatling

Taken from citizens advice.

If you are the qualified adult of a person who can claim BTEA, you can qualify for BTEA in your own right. You must have been a qualified adult for the required period.

If you qualify for BTEA because you are an adult dependant, your allowance is equivalent to the Increase for a Qualified Adult paid with the social welfare payment your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting. Your spouse or partner keeps his or her entitlement to his or her personal rate of payment. If the circumstances of a couple change, then the total amount paid may be revised. However BTEA participants may start part-time work during the academic year without affecting their rate of payment.

Both partners can get BTEA while taking an approved course.

See below for more


http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html

eastbono

For academic year 2015/2016 spousal swap will no longer apply to new applicants. An adult dependant will have to establish their eligibility to a jobseekers payment in their own right.

Help!!!!

eastbono wrote: »

For academic year 2015/2016 spousal swap will no longer apply to new applicants. An adult dependant will have to establish their eligibility to a jobseekers payment in their own right.

What would this consist of & how would it affect the couples joint JSA

eastbono

The adult dependant will have to make a jobseekers claim. A couple would still only receive the same amount with separate claims as with joint claims.