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Benefits for teenagers who are 16 or 17

Benefits that are available for pregnant teenagers and mothers under 18 depend on different things such as how old you are and whether you live with your parents or not. This factsheet gives an outline of the situation. For full details of each benefit see the end of the factsheet. If you are not sure what you are entitled to you should always make a benefit claim just in case. You can also get further advice - see 'Where to go for help'

You have the right to receive education until you are 19 if you want it. If you request it, your Local Education Authority must provide it for you, either at your usual school or somewhere else.

• I am still at school and I live with my parents. Can I get any benefits?
• I have left school, am unemployed and live with my parents. What can I claim?
• I want to stay at school full time and I live apart form my parents. What can I claim?
• I live apart from my parents and I want to study at school part time can I claim any benefits?
• I am unemployed and live apart from my parents. What can I claim?
• I am too unwell to look for work and I live apart from my parents. What can I claim?
• I have a training place/job. What can I claim?

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