Student Money

Twentymac · 30 Mar 2009 at 01:38

i was just wondering...

In my current situation having my father passing away recently
I will be applying for my student finance stuff soon for September.
Now on paper i should be allowed to get the full grants and bursary's because of my mom being a single parent and now having a very low household income.

but with my dads pension money coming in will that be classed as household income ?

I just don't know how its going to work ?

Tummy · 30 Mar 2009 at 01:41

Shouldn't have thought that will affect you. You're living in a single parent family as far as the university are concerned.

I'm sorry for your loss

Chris1712 · 30 Mar 2009 at 03:16

My dads pension counted towards my household income until university, where it got lowered because I was over 18 or some shiz.

So, my answer is, it could!

Mr Kingston · 30 Mar 2009 at 03:20

sorry for your loss mate, i would also imagine it will count towards to the income of the house as technically you are getting money from some were so you will have to declare it.

best thing is give them a call and see what they say

muon · 30 Mar 2009 at 03:32

How large is the pension?

Use this calculator.

http://www.studentfinance.direct.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=153,4680089&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

I imagine you'd get the full grant unless the pension is significant. Your university will also offer a bursary which varies institution to institution.

Energize · 30 Mar 2009 at 03:38

A pension counts as normal household income, which is fair enough considering it wasn't taxed when it was earned.

int · 30 Mar 2009 at 09:25

My gf gets a pension payout for each term, gets the full loan but no grants.