ahrc funding and housing benefits

HOLsale

does anyone know if AHRC or other educational grants count as income in regards to housing benefit?

for tax purposes it (AHRC funding at least) does NOT count and it is NOT counted as income in regards to child tax and working tax credits

i'm trying to figure out where we stand here... any help much appreciated

i keep searching on google but i can't seem to find anything that tells me exactly what counts as income and what doesn't

we're in scotland if that helps

HOLsale

i should add dh is full time student and we have a 4 year old child, i work full time but i'm self employed and on very low wage we get full child tax and working tax credit but NO childcare element because dh isn't allowed to work and i'm not a full time student

Crispy_Ambulance

Postgraduate grants are taken into account in the same way as undergraduate funding. i.e. a total of £632 is disregarded for books and travel. The grant should then be divided over 52 weeks. The student advice centre where your OH is studying should be able to do a calculation for you to give you an idea of how much benefit you may be entitled to.

Hope that helps

HOLsale

thanks crispy

i believe they should also take into account that we still had to pay £900+ fees as this particular course cost more than the £3000 odd that the AHRC covers

the £632 will be useful, we've spent more than that in books already :eek:

i'll do some figures then, thanks, that helps a lot :T