Departments Directions Social Fund GuidePart 3 - Crisis Loans
Direction 15 - Excluded persons4250This Direction sets out some groups of people excluded from a Crisis Loan.(CL) and they are listed below:
- Care home residentsand hospital in-patients unless it is planned that they will be discharged within the following two weeks.
- Persons who are members of and fully maintained by a religious order
- Those receiving education and thus not entitled to Income Support, income based Jobseekers Allowance, or income related Employment and Support Allowance.
4251Prisoners who are on temporary release are excluded from receiving a CL.
4252Temporary release is governed by rule 27 of the Prisons and Young Offenders Centres Rules (NI) 1995, it is also referred to as home leave.
4253You should consider a Community Care Grant(CCG) for a person receiving Income Support(IS), income-related Employment and Support Allowance(ESA(IR), income-based Job Seekers Allowance(JSA(IB), State Pension Credit(SPC) or payment on account of such benefits who needs help with the extra expense of caring for a prisoner on temporary release, see para 3000 et seq.
4254The exclusion in direction 15(b) does not apply to people who are:
- released from prison on parole
- released from prison on permanent licence
- on bail pending a court hearing
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Direction 16 - Students and persons from abroad4300Students who receive Income Support(IS), income-related Employment and Support Allowance(ESA(IR),income-based Job Seekers Allowance(JSA(IB), State Pension Credit (SPC)or payment on account of such benefits are eligible for Crisis Loans(CLs) in the normal way.
4301There is no exclusion from State Pension Credit(SPC) for students aged 60 or over who are in:
- full time advanced education
- part time advanced education
- full time non-advanced education
- part time non-advanced education
4302Student top-up loans and Access Funds are available in addition to any education grant. Most full time students are excluded from receiving IS, ESA(IR),JSA(IB) or payments on account of such a benefit throughout the period of their course including the long vacation where this occurs during but not at the end of a course.
4303Full time students who are not in receipt of IS, ESA(IR), JSA(IB), SPC or payment on account of such benefits are eligible for CLs during term time or in any vacation only to alleviate the consequences of a disaster.
4303Discretionary payments from the Access Funds, administered by the appropriate educational institution, are intended to provide help in cases of financial hardship. In determining an application you may wish to check the availability of such funds.
4304A person who is or would be treated as a person from abroad and is in a category that does attract an entitlement to IS ESA(IR) JSA(IB) or payments on account of such a benefit is not excluded from receiving a CL to alleviate the consequences of a disaster and their application should be treated in the normal way.
4305Particular attention should be given to the clothing needs of refugees. Persons from abroad who are eligible for urgent case payments will also be eligible for IS, ESA(IR),JSA(IB) premiums. Take account of this when considering Social Fund(SF) applications.
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