Benefit Rates, Applicable Amounts and Disregards etc

NHS FUNDED STUDENTS 2005/2006

RATES FOR MEANS TESTED BURSARY AND REDUCED RATE LOANS - 2005/06 Academic Year BURSARY
(England
and Wales)		 BURSARY
(Scotland)
 LOAN
(England, Wales
& Scotland)
Living away from home1- - in London

£2837

£2740

£2540

Living away from home1- - elsewhere

£2309

£2225

£2055

Living in parental home

£1889

£1695

£1575

EXTRA WEEKS ATTENDANCE2 -      
Living away from home1-- in London

£96 (per week)

£96 (per week)

-

Living away from home1 - elsewhere

£74 (per week)

£73 (per week)

-

Living in parental home

£50 (per week)

£44 (per week)

-

FINAL YEAR RATE      
Living away from home1- - in London

£2837

£2740

£1855

Living away from home1-- elsewhere

£2309

£2225

£1500

Living in parents home

£1889

£1695

£1155

1 The "London" rate is payable when a student is living away from home and studying at an institution in London. The "elsewhere" rate is payable when the student is living away from home and studying outside London.
2 Additional weeks' attendance allowance is payable for every week over 30 weeks and three days. Students are required to attend the course in each academic year. If required to attend for more than 45 weeks, the student will be treated as if in attendance for 52 weeks.

NHS FUNDED STUDENTS

Allowances for extra living costs

(non- diploma students
ie means tested students only)

Travel Allowance - England and Wales

-Reasonable costs - see award notice for amount

Travel Allowance - Scotland

 Up to the following limits (for 30 weeks courses):
Single students living at home - £790
Independent students living in their own home - £930
Disabled students allowances:  
  - non-medical helper

Up to £11,838

  - major items of equipment

Up to £4679 (for the duration of the course)

  - travel costs

Reasonable and necessary costs - see award notice for amount

  - other items

Up to £1563

Allowances for students with dependants:  
- Adult dependant (or first dep child if no adult dep.)

£2395 (adult dependants only in Scotland)

- Dependent children:  
  - aged under 11

£500 n/a Scotland

  - aged 11- 15

£1001 n/a Scotland

  - aged 16 -17

£1331 n/a Scotland

  - aged 18 or over

£1915 n/a Scotland

Child care Allowance (England and Wales):

 

One child

Up to £114.75 per week (or 85% of actual costs up to £135 per week)

Two or more children

Up to £170 per week (or 85% of actual costs up to £200 per week)

  - second home allowance

£760

  - allowance for lone parents

£1075

Care leavers allowance

Up to £100 (weekly) -payable in respect of the longest vacation


OLDER STUDENT'S ALLOWANCE

Age before the start
of the first academic year of course

 Allowance

  - 26

£406

  - 27

£704

  - 28

£1045

  29 or over

£1381

Allowance for lone parents – not payable in addition to Older Student’s Allowance

£1181-1150 in Scotland

Care leavers Allowance

Up to £100 (weekly) - payable in respect of te longest vacation


DIPLOMA STUDENTS

BURSARY RATES (non-means tested)
Academic Year 2005/06

England & Wales

Scotland

  Living away from home1- in London

£6859

n/a

  Living away from home1- elsewhere

£5837

n/a

  Living in parental home

£5837

n/a

  Extra weeks attendance2

£17.00

n/a

Scotland:

  - 26 or over;  or on a two year graduate course (regardless of age) OR

n/a

£6418

  - aged under 26

n/a

£5700

1 The "London" rate is payable when a student is living away from home and studying at an institution in London. The "elsewhere" rate is payable when the student is living away from home and studying outside London.
2 Bursaries for Diploma students are payable on the basis that students will attend for 45 weeks of the year. The basic rate of the bursary will increase by this amount for each week if a student has to move to London for a clinical placement.

ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES

England & Wales

Scotland

Disabled student allowances:
- non-medical helper

Up to £11,838

£11,840

- major items of equipment

Up to £4679 (for the duration of the course)

£4680

- travel costs

Actual reasonably and necessarily incurred (see award notice for amounts)
- other items

Up to £1563

£1565

Allowances for students with dependants:

    
Adult dependant (or first dep child if no adult dependant)

£2029

£2395

Dependant children: 

 

 

  - aged under 11

£429

 

  - aged 11 -15

£853

 

  - aged 16 - 17

£1128

 

  - aged 18+

£1617

£1180

Single parent addition

£1001

 

Child care grant for lone parents

-

£1100

Care leavers allowance (not applicable in Scotland)

up to £100 per week
during the longest vacation

n/a

Initial course costs

£55 - a one-off payment

£55

  

OLDER STUDENTS' ALLOWANCE3 (not applicable in Scotland)  (PAYABLE OVER 52 WEEKS)

3 Paid to:
-  students aged 26 before the start of their course
-  diploma students following accelerated programmes for graduates
-  Allowance is payable over 52 weeks

£682

n/a