Student finance - parent with new partner

kassie80

I have two daughters in their first year at Uni. My new partner (I am divorced) has asked me to move in with him.
I have looked at Student Finance guidance on Direct.gov and it just states that all household income is taken into account. My daughters have never lived with my new partner and he has no financial obligations to them, it therefore seems very unfair if his income is taken into account.
I work full time and it will be only me that helps out my daughters when possible.
Is there any way that their finances are assessed on my wages only and not my partners as he barely knows them?

devildog

In short, no. If you are cohabiting with your partner all the household income will be taken into account.
You say that it will only be you helping out your daughters but your partner's income will be used to help run the home-so two wages to run one home as opposed to your single wage used to run the home.

hardtoexplain

kassie80 wrote: »

I have two daughters in their first year at Uni. My new partner (I am divorced) has asked me to move in with him.
I have looked at Student Finance guidance on Direct.gov and it just states that all household income is taken into account. My daughters have never lived with my new partner and he has no financial obligations to them, it therefore seems very unfair if his income is taken into account.
I work full time and it will be only me that helps out my daughters when possible.
Is there any way that their finances are assessed on my wages only and not my partners as he barely knows them?

Ditto Devildog - sorry!

carpina1

I can understand why a partner's present income is used to assess a student loan but we are being asked for his income from financial year 2011/2012 before we even knew each other. Is this right?

silvercar

It is right, because calculations are based on previous years earnings.

It does seem unfair, and I have known people to delay cohabiting for this reason, but it is also unfair that students of married/ cohabiting parents are assessed on incomes of both parents whereas students of single parents are assessed on (say) their mothers income alone when their father could be paying chunks towards their education.