EMA

MagicMalkin · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:06

I'm 16 and I'll be going to college or sixth form in september- but my dad earns over 30k a year so I'm not entitled to EMA. I think this is wrong as most people on EMA will only spend it on booze etc and they don't have to work! I have a part time job and I will be needing to buy travel and books etc.

Will I get found out if I only put my mum's income so I will be entitled to £30 a week?

Kearney_1988 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:08

im sure it would come under some sort of fraud...i got ema and hardly ever seemed to spend it dont know how or why tho

platypus · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:08

MagicMalkin said:
Will I get found out..

I hope so.

Tefal · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:09

MagicMalkin said:
Will I get found out if I only put my mum's income so I will be entitled to £30 a week?

Means your committing benefit fraud, and as such should burn in the fiery pits of hell

MagicMalkin · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:09

Maybe it isn't such a good idea then!

Kearney_1988 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:11

lol no, i agree tho ema is pretty stupid...i didnt say that at the time mind you

phi1 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:15

This is a subject thats really bad. I will be able to get EMA, But my mum is no dosser. She works 9-5 mon-fri sometimes even saturdays. She has her own driving school. Another thing they are giving are these things called G2G cards where you get £40 on them a month
to spend on the cinema etc. I think they should be giving these cards away to people who achive there predicted grades. I won't waste my EMA money though. It will go towards petrol, books, food, etc.

Psypher5 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:16

if you have a job and your rents earn 30+ k then surely you can afford a few books :/

Energize · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:18

Psypher5 said:
if you have a job and your rents earn 30+ k then surely you can afford a few books :/

Since when did you have to buy books for school anyway?

The money isn't designed for people to be able to afford anything, it's just to try to get chavs to go to 6th form. However it doesn't work, a few chavs go and get kicked out or drop out, everyone else who was going to go to 6th form anyway just spends it on video games or mp3 players and the like.

Tefal · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:19

Energize said:
Since when did you have to buy books for school?

revision guides where about it.

Although at A level you can buy your own text books if you want to get the extra info.

Although if your doing that then i doubt you would be wasting money drinking etc.

Kyle009 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:19

EMA being means tested is just wrong. Either every kid at college should get it or nobody should.

Kearney_1988 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:20

Kyle009 said:
EMA being means tested is just wrong. Either every kid at college should get it or nobody should.

Agreed

RDM · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:21

Kyle009 said:
EMA being means tested is just wrong. Either every kid at college should get it or nobody should.

All benefits should be means tested. What is the point of giving money away to people who don't need it? The real issue is if EMA should even be paid at all.

Tefal · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:21

Kyle009 said:
EMA being means tested is just wrong. Either every kid at college should get it or nobody should.

it's like any other benefit, it's means tested.

Ascendancy · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:21

I agree that it's stupid. My mum and dad are separated, and I lived with my mum during my A-Levels, and as such I got the £30 a week even though my dad's minted. Kept me in Xbox games though

rjk · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:25

MagicMalkin said:
Will I get found out if I only put my mum's income so I will be entitled to £30 a week?

they WILL find out

i promise you

ema was a pilot scheme when i first went ot college

parents complained that either all kids got it or none at all

i think its biased
it does help
but £30 a week is a lot of money to spend on books and pencils

one guy i went to school with just brought £30 worth of pot a week

MattandJet · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:25

Ascendancy said:
I agree that it's stupid. My mum and dad are separated, and I lived with my mum during my A-Levels, and as such I got the £30 a week even though my dad's minted. Kept me in Xbox games though

wow you think its stupid and wtf do you buy, bloody xbox games... lol whatever

Megahurtz400 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:27

Is it up to £30 a week yeh?

So the more your rents earn the less you get?

I might just scrape it tbh, but i can see it being handy for traveling and stuffs, like adult bus fare is a joke, almost 3 quid for a return, and when i get a car (if i can afford insurance, £2000 for a 1.2l, pfffft) petrol ect.

RDM · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:29

Tefal said:
it's like any other benefit, it's means tested.

Not all are. Child Benefit and the State Pension being the main ones.

Tefal · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:29

rjkoneill said:
one guy i went to school with just brought £30 worth of pot a week

me too.

Great thing is me and my brother qualify for all these income based grants and benefits etc for uni/school etc.

not because my parents have been scrounging scum, but because my dad worked hard, and has now retired early, (mum works part time) yet still has lot's of savings /investments.

and goes to the trouble to understand all the tax forms, etc so can squirrel away the maximum amount allowed to be tax free etc every eyar

Shows you can be sensible with your money and still earn the fruits of your labor + government, aid when you old.