Student Benefit Claim

• a pensioner
• a lone parent (including lone foster parent)
• qualify for the disability or severe disability premiums.
• in receipt of income support or jobseekers allowance (income based)
• entitled to a disabled student's allowance or similar because of deafness.
• under 21 but not in higher education and your current course started before you reached the age of 19 (or you count as a child or qualifying young person for child benefit purposes)
• a couple where both are full time students and you are responsible for a child or young person.
• you have been incapable of work for 28 weeks.
• you are waiting to get back on a course after approved time out because of an illness or caring responsibility has ended.

If you want to claim Housing Benefit:

• fill in a Benefits - Student Claim Form (67kB PDF) with your new claim form
• fill in a Benefits - Council Tax and Housing Benefit Claim Form (12MB PDF)

Please note that there are special rules on how your benefit will be calculated.

Page last reviewed 8 Apr 2011