Student Income (Info)
Student income means a dependant’s grant payable to full-time students with a dependant child or adult, although the following elements of that grant are disregarded
- The additional allowance paid to students who are eligible for the childcare grant
And
- The grant for books, travel and equipment for students with dependant children
This applies to the equivalent provisions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
When calculating student income disregard in full
- Student loans
- All other grants, for example to meet the cost of tuition fees, childcare, school meals and so on
- Grants to meet the cost of tuition fees
- Access and opportunity bursaries
- Disabled student allowances
- In Northern Ireland, low income bursaries for Further and Higher Education Students
- In Scotland, income related bursaries
- In Wales when they are introduced, income related grants
- Scholarship income exempt from income tax by virtue of Section 753 of ITTOIA 2005
- Interest on reimbursement of student loan repayments exempt from income tax by virtue of Section 776 of ITTOIA 2005
