NHS Bursary Question

einalem

When working out your entitlement to this is 'rent' paid by your partner seen as an expense? I think it is but am not 100% sure as ours is £5k per year it makes a big difference to what we would get. They are taking ages to sort my bursary out and just want to have a bit more of an idea of what we would get, Thanku

MrsManda

I don't know the answer to your question but have you filled out the bursary estimate calculator? This should give you a rough idea of what you may receive.
http://www.ppa.org.uk/StudentBursariesCalculator/reset.do

According to the NHS bursary website on 10th November they were mainly assessing applications from the 17th October so hopefully you'll find out your assessment soon.
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Students/816.aspx

einalem

thanks I used that but it just has a box for expense but doesn't state what the expenses are
however further internet searches have shown me that for working out a dependents allowance(on top of normal) bursary they use your residual income which is partners earnings minus expenses inc tax NI and rent or mortage
so have my answer but took a lot of searching!