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Extra help for students with Dependants (With Notes)

Extra help for students with Dependants (With Notes). What Help Is Available?. For full-time students with dependants: Parents Learning Allowance Childcare Grant Adults Dependants Grant. Parents Learning Allowance. For full-time students with dependent children who are on a low income:

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Extra help for students with Dependants (With Notes)

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  1. Extra help for students with Dependants(With Notes)

  2. What Help Is Available? For full-time students with dependants: • Parents Learning Allowance • Childcare Grant • Adults Dependants Grant

  3. Parents Learning Allowance For full-time students with dependent children who are on a low income: • Depends on the household income • Up to £1,538 per year • Not taken into account when working out benefits entitlement.

  4. Childcare Grant For full-time student with dependent children in registered or approved childcare: • Cannot be receiving childcare part of Working Tax Credit • Not taken into account when calculating benefits.

  5. Childcare Grant continued • Entitlement depends on household income and childcare costs • Up to 85% of actual childcare costs • Maximum £148.75 per week for one child • Maximum £255.00 per week for two or more children

  6. Adult Dependants Grant For full-time students with an adult who is financially dependent on them • Depends on household income • Up to £2,695 per year • Taken into account in benefits calculations

  7. How and when to Apply • To apply for each of these grants the student should fill in the relevant section of the main student finance application form • If they want to apply for the Childcare Grant, Student Finance NI will send a separate Childcare Grant application form to fill in • The student and the Childcare Provider will have to provide details of the childcare costs 3 times during the year

  8. Dependants Grants Evidence required for all dependants grants: • Evidence of financial commitments • Children’s long birth certificate • Details of Working Tax Credit • Estimate of partner’s income for academic year • Estimate of children’s income for academic year (if appropriate)

  9. Other Support Available • Help to cover 2 main expenses, ie tuition fees and day to day living costs • Help for students who have a disability • Assessed through Student Finance NI • Specific queries should be directed to the student’s local Student Finance Office • www.studentfinanceni.co.uk

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