From CB website:
Sandwich courses
There are two types of sandwich course:
college-based – this is where your child spends periods away from college doing practical training with their employer
work-based – where your child is employed as an apprentice or trainee, and takes a full-time college or school course
You may be able to get Child Benefit if your child is on a college-based course but it would need to be full-time and non-advanced. You won’t qualify if your child is on a work-based course.
So I’m guessing that the likelihood is we don’t pay the ex.
In which case both the kids will get a direct debit into their own bank accounts.
I should point out that payments are not through CSA, just on a private arrangement. Te OH has been paying the ex towards both children – despite the fact that no.1 child is almost 19 and has been working and paying board for the last year…. which the ex “forgot” to mention…