Further education and training in Wales - Trailblazers

(f) Welfare benefits
As a disabled person you may get certain welfare benefits, such as
Income Support or Housing Benefit. Contact Jobcentre Plus or
your local benefits office if you have any general enquiries about
benefits or how to apply for them. See the Useful Contacts section
for details.
Before you start your course, you need to find out how studying
might affect your benefits. You must tell your local Jobcentre Plus
or your local benefits office of any major change in your
circumstances, such as starting a course, as soon as it happens.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
In general, starting a course should not affect your Disability Living
Allowance (DLA). This is a benefit to meet your home needs and is
not related to your study. However, the care component of DLA
may be stopped if:
• you are attending a residential college where care is provided
as part of the service, but you should continue to get some of
the care component for any time you are at home; or
• you receive the care component because you have been
assessed as unable to do a certain activity but are studying a
course that focuses on this activity. For example, if you have
been assessed as unable to prepare a meal but you are doing
a catering course, then the care component may be stopped.
Income Support
Some students, including some disabled students, may be eligible
for Income Support while studying. As a disabled student, you can
apply for Income Support if:
• you qualify for a disability premium; or
• you have been incapable of work for a continuous period of at
least 28 weeks.
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