PART 6CALCULATION OF CAPITAL AND INCOME

CHAPTER 3UNEARNED INCOME

Calculation of student income - grants70

1

Where, in accordance with regulation 68(4), a person's student income is to be based on the amount of a grant, the amount to be taken into account is the whole of the grant excluding any payment—

a

intended to meet tuition fees or examination fees,

b

in respect of the person's disability,

c

intended to meet additional expenditure connected with term time residential study away from the person's educational establishment,

d

intended to meet the cost of the person maintaining a home at a place other than that at which he resides during the course, except where an award of universal credit includes an amount for the housing costs element in respect of those costs,

e

intended for the maintenance of another person, but only if an award of universal credit does not include any amount in respect of that person,

f

intended to meet the cost of books and equipment,

g

intended to meet travel expenses incurred as a result of the person's attendance on the course, or

h

intended to meet childcare costs.