My daughter is 17, almost 18 (November 2015).....When she started her 6th form years in 2014, ie years 12/13, I guess, she started at college but due to ill health she had to leave. She is on her way to recovery and has with any luck been given the opportunity to do an apprenticeship at a shop near where we live. Does she qualify for Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit? The Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit ended some time ago, as she was not in education, not by choice, but that didn't seem to matter. She gets PIP for herself, which I take no money from her, as thats for her condition....The problem is, I get ESA and DLA for myself and no money for her. so my benefit for one person is now split into 2, for myself and my daughter and has been for some time now. Do only "some" apprenticeships warrant Child Benefit and/or Child Tax Credit? Or do apprenticeships not count as education? ( I know you need to be in receipt of child benefit to get child tax credit) but I don't really know what to do. I'm hit by the bedroom tax, £15.55 pw, I have to pay £72pw towards my care, I just wondered if there was any shimmering light of hope at the end of a tunnel, where I might get some help? Anyone got any ideas?

hi ... my 16 yr old daughter has just started an apprenticeship she works 38 hrs each week and travels 2+ hrs a day to get there and back and will get £95.00 +£10.00 towards her travel...i was just wondering well hoping really if anyone knows if there is any other things she could claim for, ie...her bus ticket is £20 pw (she will only actually have to put £10 towards this, leaving her just £85pw) but she will still have to pay dentist and prescription charges... and as she is an apprentice i am no longer getting child benifit for her...so she will have to start paying towards her keep. If she was at college learning then she would get a free bus pass...frees dentist and prescriptions ..i would get child benifit and tax credits and she could also get a job ...just doesnt make sense to me. x hi ... my 16 yr old daughter has just started an apprenticeship she works 38 hrs each week and travels 2+ hrs a day to get there and back and she will get £95.00 +£10.00 towards her travel... i was just wondering well hoping really if anyone knows if there is any other things she could claim for, ie...her bus ticket is £20 pw (she will only actually have to put £10 towards this, leaving her just £85pw) but she will still have to pay dentist and prescription charges... as she is an apprentice i am no longer getting child benifit for her...so she will have to start paying towards her keep. If she was at college learning then she would get a free bus pass...frees dentist and prescriptions .. i would get child benifit and tax credits and she could also get a job ... just doesnt make sense to me. x hi ... my 16 yr old daughter has just started an apprenticeship she works 38 hrs each week and travels 2+ hrs a day to get there and back and she will get £95.00 +£10.00 towards her travel... i was just wondering well hoping really if anyone knows if there is any other things she could claim for, ie...her bus ticket is £20 pw (she will only actually have to put £10 towards this, leaving her just £85pw) but she will still have to pay dentist and prescription charges... as she is an apprentice i am no longer getting child benifit for her...so she will have to start paying towards her keep. If she was at college learning then she would get a free bus pass...frees dentist and prescriptions .. i would get child benifit and tax credits and she could also get a job ... just doesnt make sense to me. x