Earned income
Income you earn by working during the year will not affect your entitlement. However, if you receive Working Tax Credits as a result of the number of hours you work, we will take this into account (excluding any childcare element).
Unearned income
We will take into account any unearned income you have during the academic year. This will include, for example, income from a private or company pension, certain benefits (see table below), bank or building society interest (including tax free interest) and maintenace payments paid direct to you by an absent parent or husband, wife, civil partner or partner. We will ignore the first £20.52 a week of your unearned income (£1,067 for the academic year). We will reduce your entitlement pound for pound by any income you have left.
| Bereavement Allowance | Pension Credit |
| Carers Allowance | Retirement Pension |
| Income Support | Severe Disablement Allowance |
| Incapacity Benefit/Employment and support Allowance | Statutory Sick Pay |
| Industrial Death Benefit | Statutory Maternity Pay |
| Industrial Injuries Benefit | Widowed Parents' Allowance |
| Invalid Care Allowance | War Widow's Pension |
| Invalidity Benefit | War Pension |
| Job Seekers Allowance | War Disablement Pension |
| Maternity Allowance | Working Tax Credit (excluding the child tax credit element) |