Date CTC Is Paid To When A Qualifying Young Person Leaves FTE (Info)

A qualifying young person can be paid CTC up to and including the last day of full time education (FTE) where they do not intend to continue education to an advanced level. This will be

• The last day of their examinations

• The last day of attendance at college, if not taking examinations

Or

• The last day of attendance at college, if they are returning until the end of term after taking their examinations

Where the qualifying young person intends to return to FTE but at an advanced level, they can be paid CTC up to

• The last day of the academic year, 31 August

• The date the claimant considers is the last date of FTE for that young person, if the young person intended to go on to advanced education but on receipt of their results are unable to do so

Or

• The date the claimant considers is the last date of FTE for that young person, if the young person decides in the summer holidays that they do not wish to go to university and

• Look

• Register for

Or

• Start work instead

Note: The date the claimant needs to consider should be the date at which the young person no longer regards themselves as being in FTE

Example

A claimant telephones on 10th August to inform tax credits that her daughter has found work and no longer intends to go to university. She is asked what date the young person made the decision to find work and not to go to university. The claimant states that although her daughter had been applying for jobs she still intended to go to university if she did get one. Therefore her daughter decided when the job was offered and she accepted it. This date is given as the 8th August. CTC can therefore be paid to the 7th August